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Spring begins in Southern England on the 14th April, on / which date the Old Woman lets the Cuckoo out of her / basket at Heathfield Fair -- locally known as Heffle Cuckoo / Fair.
Tell it to the locked-up trees, / Cuckoo, bring your song here! / Warrant, Act and Summons, please. / For Spring to pass along here! / Tell old Winter, if he doubt, / Tell him squat and square -- a! / Old Woman! / Old Woman! / Old Woman's let the Cuckoo out / At Heffle Cuckoo Fair -- a!