LITTLE BIRDIES

CHORUS:
Little birdies in the tree, in the tree, in the tree,
Little birdies in the tree,
Sing a song for Baby.

Sing about the flowers on the garden wall,
Sing about the birds swinging in the treetop tall, Yip!
CHORUS

Sing about the farmers, planting com and beans, Sing about the steamship, I know what it means, Yip!
CHORUS

Grandma Deb to Kay: "You change the 'baby' to the name of the kid, /know, like Ellen or Bobbie."
This is a children's song. It is also known as "Little Birdies in the Tree." There are eleven entries for this in the Check-List. As "Sing a Song to Me," it appeared in The Arbor Day Manual, edited by Charles Skinner (Syracuse, 1896).

Source: Never Without a Song: The Years and Songs of Jennie Devlin, 1865-1952, page 227

MIDI of melody available on request. joe@mudcat.org