這是一首1902在美國發表的歌，旋律源自於更古老的美國黑人奴隸時期的黑人靈歌 Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen。我將歌詞改編成適合孩子的版本，是黑猩猩和一隻布穀鳥變成好朋友的故事喔！

【歌詞】
改編：Tsaiyu Chang 張采聿

Down in the jungles lived an ape
With helping hands and a smiley face
He swung through trees in a happy way
He met a Cuckoo
They played peekaboo

And every morning they would be
Down underneath a bamboo tree
Playing, laughing, (and) having fun
And singing songs beneath the sun

If you like-a me, like I like-a you
And we like-a both the same
I like-a say, this very day
l like-a sing, “Cu-ckoo-oo-oo!”

‘Cause I love-a you, and love-a you true
And if you a love-a me
One live as two, two live as one
Under the bamboo tree