The Traditional Ballad Index: Free Little Bird:

Free Little Bird
DESCRIPTION: "I'm as free little bird as I can be (x2), I'm as free at my age as a bird in a cage, I'm as free little bird...." "Take me home, little birdie, take me home...." "Oh, I won't build my nest on the ground...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: c. 1930 (recording, Dykes Magic City Trio)
KEYWORDS: nonballad courting bird home
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Darling-NAS, pp. 268-269, "Free a Little Bird" (1 text)
Silber-FSWB, p. 391, "Free Little Bird" (1 text)
RECORDINGS:
Roscoe Holcomb, "I'm a Free Little Bird" (on Holcomb1, HolcombCD1)
Dykes Magic City Trio, "Free Little Bird" (Brunswick 129, 1927; on CrowTold01)
File: FSWB391A
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More information is in W.K. McNeill, Southern Mountain Folksongs (August House, 1993, pp. 81-86).

~Masato