| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| When Dasies pied, and Violets blew, | When daisies pied and violets blue | LLL V.ii.883 |
| And Cuckow-buds of yellow hew: | And lady-smocks all silver-white | LLL V.ii.884 |
| And Ladie-smockes all siluer white, | And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue | LLL V.ii.885 |
| Do paint the Medowes with delight. | Do paint the meadows with delight, | LLL V.ii.886 |
| The Cuckow then on euerie tree, | The cuckoo then, on every tree, | LLL V.ii.887 |
| Mockes married men, for thus sings he, | Mocks married men; for thus sings he: | LLL V.ii.888 |
| Cuckow. | ‘ Cuckoo! | LLL V.ii.889 |
| Cuckow, Cuckow: O word of feare, | Cuckoo, cuckoo!’ O, word of fear, | LLL V.ii.890 |
| Vnpleasing to a married eare. | Unpleasing to a married ear! | LLL V.ii.891 |
| When Shepheards pipe on Oaten strawes, | When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, | LLL V.ii.892 |
| And merrie Larkes are Ploughmens clockes: | And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, | LLL V.ii.893 |
| When Turtles tread, and Rookes and Dawes, | When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, | LLL V.ii.894 |
| And Maidens bleach their summer smockes: | And maidens bleach their summer smocks, | LLL V.ii.895 |
| The Cuckow then on euerie tree | The cuckoo then, on every tree, | LLL V.ii.896 |
| Mockes married men; for thus sings he, | Mocks married men; for thus sings he: | LLL V.ii.897 |
| Cuckow. | ‘Cuckoo! | LLL V.ii.898 |
| Cuckow, Cuckow: O word of feare, | Cuckoo, cuckoo!' O, word of fear, | LLL V.ii.899 |
| Vnpleasing to a married eare. | Unpleasing to a married ear! | LLL V.ii.900 |