Les Coucous

Where have the cuckoos gone
We don't hear them singing anymore
They're in our garden
We don't see them, but we hear them well

I do the round dance
And we do the round dance

They're in our garden
We don't see them, but we hear them well
The man behind the door
Who does nothing but carouse

The man behind the door
Who does nothing but carouse
What's wrong my dear old man
What are you carousing about

What's wrong my dear old man
What are you carousing about
I carouse with reason
Because I'm afraid of becoming a cuckoo

I carouse with reason
Because I'm afraid of becoming a cuckoo
Becoming a cuckoo is nothing much
When you join the dance

Becoming a cuckoo is nothing much
When you join the dance
Hello to one, then hello to the other
And the cuckoos, they're for you all