So Long, Farewell

There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say cuckoo
Cuckoo, cuckoo.

Regretfully they tell us
But firmly they compel us
To say goodbye
To you...
Cuckoo, cuckoo.

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu.

So long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen
I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne
No?
No!

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good bye
I leave and heave a sigh and say good bye, goodbye...
I'm glad to go, I cannot tell a lie
I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly.

The sun has gone to bed and so must I
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good bye
Good bye, good bye, good bye...
Goodbye...