a 1922 popular song
words and music by Al Jolson and Buddy G. DeSylva
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- In a tree that I can see, each morn when I arise
Two young coo-coos woo, how they bill and coo
Lady Bird won’t say a word, but love is in her eyes
She will sigh and look away, then is when I hear him say
Refrain
Coo-coo, you’ve got me coo-coo, no bird can coo like you coo
I’ll break my wishbone wishing for you, take me, take me, do
Little love bird
I like the way your alto, mingles with my contralto
Birds of a feather, we should get together
[Nudging her bold romancer, she finally made this answer
“I’m such a weak bird, be more like the sheik, bird”]
Coo-coo, I’m coo-coo over you
- On the limb each day with him, this love scene she repeats
Though she gets a thrill, she won’t say, “I will”
She believes that he deceives, each lady bird he meets
Still she coos just like a dove, when he sings his song of love
Sung here by Fred Feild: