Cuckoo (good as a round) English From out the battered elm tree The owl cries out, "I'm here." And from the distant forest A cuckoo answers clear: Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo. Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo. French Dans la forêt lointaine On entend le cucou. Du haut de la grande chêine Il répond au hibou: Cucou, cucou, cucou, hibou, cucou; Cucou, cucou, cucou, hibou, cucou.