This song is beautiful, and I'm surprised someone hasn't commented on it before. It's not a very difficult song, but still.
Really, I think it's just a song of an unrequited love. The verses suggest a man in love with a girl who doesn't seem interested in him, hence why he's building the cabin to watch her in the beginning and waiting for her in the end. The middle verse suggests a lot of wandering in pursuit of love, and it leads to the final verse where he settles down.
The chorus, I think, is just there because it sounds good. Unless the cuckoo has some applicable symbolism I'm not aware of, it just seems to be a nice, earthy chorus to pull the song together.
This song is beautiful, and I'm surprised someone hasn't commented on it before. It's not a very difficult song, but still.
Really, I think it's just a song of an unrequited love. The verses suggest a man in love with a girl who doesn't seem interested in him, hence why he's building the cabin to watch her in the beginning and waiting for her in the end. The middle verse suggests a lot of wandering in pursuit of love, and it leads to the final verse where he settles down.
The chorus, I think, is just there because it sounds good. Unless the cuckoo has some applicable symbolism I'm not aware of, it just seems to be a nice, earthy chorus to pull the song together.