There's nothing on this song at the Traditional Ballad Index, but there is a bit at the Folktrax Archive:

MY SINGING BIRD - "I've seen the lark so high at morn" - words by Edith Wheeler to Munster air - ROUD#2946 - see also SONG OF THE THRUSH (Music Hall song about an Australian miner with SB) -- Frank McPEAKE rec by PK, Belfast 78/7/52: 7"RTR-0544/ McPEAKE Family Trio of Belfast rec by PK, London 1961: FTX-071/ SAYDISC CD SDL-411 1995/ PRESTIGE International 13018 1961/ TOPIC 12-T-87 1962 - Robin HALL & Jimmie McGREGOR: FONTANA TL-5296 1965 "The Best of the White Heather Clubs" - Alex CAMPBELL TRANSATLANTIC TRA-SAM-6 1969 - Helen WOODALL (voc/ gtr): FOREST TRACKS FT-3001 1973 "First Tracks"

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Most recordings seem to have the third verse. Here are the Digital Tradition lyrics with the third verse added:

MY SINGING BIRD

I have seen the lark soar high at morn
Heard his song up in the blue
I have heard the blackbird pipe his note
The thrush and the linnet too
But there's none of them can sing so sweet
My singing bird as you

If I could lure my singing bird
From his own cozy nest
If I could catch my singing bird
I would warm him on my breast
For there's none of them can sing so sweet
My singing bird as you

Ah then I will climb a high, high tree
And I'll rob that wild bird's nest
Aye, and I'll bring back that singing bird
To the arms I love the best
For there's none of them can sing so sweet
My singing bird as you
No there's none of them can sing so sweet
My singing bird as you


Often attributed to the McPeake family, but the origin of this song is uncertain. Peter Kennedy (folktrax-archive.org) says the words were written by Edith Wheeler and set to a Munster air.

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