Nursery Rhyme. Ccccxcvi. Natural History. [a Provincial Version Of Ccccxcv.]

The cuckoo's a vine bird,
A zengs as a vlies;
A brengs us good tidins,
And tells us no lies;
A zucks th' smael birds' eggs,
To make his voice clear;
And the mwore a cries "cuckoo!"
The zummer draws near.