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Thread #96138   Message #1876421
Posted By: GUEST,Richie
04-Nov-06 - 09:18 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Bird in a Cage (Jean Ritchie)
Subject: RE: Lyr req: Bird in a cage
Thanks Masato,

Glad you're still around. It's been several years since I started posting here again.

This is interesting to me because the first verse is found in Sharp's Down in the Valley/Birmingham Jail, the second verse has two songs Down in the Valley/Cold Rain and Snow (Sharp also), the other verse seem to relate to Free Little Bird (which also has the Bird in a cage lyric).

Masato, I assume this is a waltz(3/4) time? Does the melody resemble "Down in the valley"? The repetition of the last line makes it hard to fit.

Thanks again,

Richie