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Thread #126263   Message #4222405
Posted By: Charley Noble
11-May-25 - 04:38 PM
Thread Name: songs about birds
Subject: RE: songs about birds
I don't think anyone above has mentioned "Little Birdie" which Peggy Seeger used to sing as well as Pete Seeger:

After the singing of Peggy Seeger
And the Coon Creek Girls

Little Birdie


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Little birdie, little birdie
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Won't you sing to me your song;
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I've a short time for to be here
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And a long time to be gone.


Little birdie, little birdie,
What makes you fly so high?
It's because I've been a true little bird
And I'm not afraid to die.

Little birdie, little birdie
What makes your wings so blue?
I've been grieving, I've been grieving
A long time after you.

Little birdie, little birdie,
What makes your head so red?
It's a wonder, after all I've been through,
It's a wonder I ain't dead. (First Verse Again)

Charlie Ipcar