 | 1838 - 944 pages
...only to the adult cuckoo, for the young of the year do not leave us till the month of September. " In April, Come he will ; In May, He sings all day; In June, He changes his tune; In July, Off he'll fly -, But in August, Go he must." The alteration of the note in June is, as we have already... | |
 | British birds - 1840 - 326 pages
...and tarries with us about four months. Its course has been marked in the following couplets : — " In April, Come he will. In May, He sings all day. In June, He alters his tune. In July, He prepares to fly. In August, Go he must." The egg of the cuckoo is laid... | |
 | 1841 - 536 pages
...the progress of the cuckoo through the season, I have somewhere met with the following couplets— In April, Come he will. In May, He sings all day. In June, He alters his tune. In July, He prepares to fly. Come August, Go he must. YABBBLL. THE RAINBOW. BOFT glowing... | |
 | 1841 - 282 pages
...the progress of the cuckoo through the season, I hnv« somewhere met with the following couplets — In April, Come he will. In May, He sings all day. In Juno, He alters his tune. In July, He prepares to fly. Come August, Go he must. YAEBXLL. THE RAINBOW.... | |
 | 1846 - 444 pages
...land. The following couplets mark the various stages of the cuckoo's appearance through the season. In April, Come he will, In May, He sings all day. In June, He alters his tune. In July, He prepares to fly. Come August, Go he must. EXTRACT FROM MY FAMILY BIBLE.... | |
 | 1881 - 704 pages
...They were repeated to me by a Hertfordshire lady, but I know not whether they are merely local : — " In April Come he will, In May He sings all day, In June He changes tune, In July Begins to fly. In August Go he must." HELLIER GOSSELIN. Blakesware, Ware, Herts. [This... | |
 | William Mountford - 1852 - 400 pages
...human. 4 In April, the cuckoo shows his bill, In May, he sings both night and day, In June, he alters his tune, In July, away he will fly, In August, go he must.'" " In April he comes, about what time ? " " In some parts of the country, the day after Swallow-day... | |
 | William Mountford - 1852 - 408 pages
...human. 'In April, the cuckoo shows his bill, In May, he sings both night and day, In June, he alters his tune, In July, away he will fly, In August, go he must.' " " In April he comes, about what time ? " " In some parts of the country, the day after Swallow-day... | |
 | British land birds - 1857 - 318 pages
...stages of its progress, during its sojourn here, have been also noted in the popular couplet : — " In April, come he will ; In May, he sings all day ; In June, he alters his tune ; In July, he prepares to fly Come August, go he must." Singular as the cry of this... | |
 | Mrs. Fairfield - 1859 - 224 pages
...sort of wild fluttering flight." " I know a verse about the Cuckoo, mamma," said little Harry, " ' In April — come he will ; In May — he sings all day ; In June — he alters his tune ; In July — he prepares to fly ; Come August — go he must!' " " Very good, my dear... | |
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In April Come he will. In May He sings all day. In June He alters his tune. In July He prepares to fly. In August Go he must. 
