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20 Dec 13 - 10:41 AM (#3585654) Subject: Lyr Req: Birdie Birdie In The Tree From: GUEST,Katie.M Hello there. I'm looking for a song that my grandfather sings to all his grandkids. He's born in 1938 if that makes a difference. The lyrics, as far as I know, are: Birdie, Birdie in the tree Come and sing a song to me Sing it loud and sing it long Sing to me a birdie song I've been looking for this song.. Or at least someone else who has heard it for a long time. I hope you guys can help. Thanks. |
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20 Dec 13 - 12:20 PM (#3585668) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Birdie Birdie In The Tree From: GUEST http://www.lyrster.com/come-back/birdie-birdie-in-the-tree,-come-and-sing-a-song-for-me/www.leoslyrics.com/the-stanley-brothers/little-birdie-lyrics/ _____________________________ Little Birdie jbigras — Sat, 02/20/2010 - 23:15 Little birdie, little birdie Come and sing me you song Got a short time to stay here And a long time to be gone I'm a long way from old Dixie And my old Kentucky home Now my parents are both dead and gone Have no place to call my home Now I'd rather be a sailor Way out upon the sea Then to be at home a marred man With a baby on my knee For the married man he sees trouble And the single boy sees none I expect to live single Til my days on earth are done Now I'd rather be in some dark hollow Where the sun don't ever shine Then to see you love another When you promised to be mine Author: na Version: The Bray Brothers Discography: Not Available That's from http://www.lyrster.com/come-back/birdie-birdie-in-the-tree,-come-and-sing-a-song-for-me/bluegrasslyrics.com/node/488 |
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22 Jul 23 - 06:51 PM (#4177466) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Birdie Birdie In The Tree From: GUEST Second part: Hopping skipping all around Here and there upon the ground Come and these seed i strew I have saved them all for you |
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22 Jul 23 - 07:17 PM (#4177467) Subject: ADD Version: Little Birdie In The Tree From: Robert B. Waltz Since this thread has somehow come back from the dead-for-a-decade, it's worth noting that the original verse quoted is not the same as "Little Birdie," the song quoted in the second post. "Little Birdie in the Tree" is a song first printed in 1871 in Philip P. Bliss's The Charm: A Collection of Sunday School Music; Bliss may have written it, but I can't prove it. It's Roud #5259, and has been collected in tradition eight or nine times. The version in the Frank Brown collection was something like LITTLE BIRDIE IN THE TREE Little birdie in the tree, Singing a song to me, Singing about the roses, Singing about the tree; Little birdie in the tree, Singing a song for me. |
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22 Jul 23 - 08:13 PM (#4177469) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Birdie Birdie In The Tree From: Joe Offer Bob Waltz may be too shy to post the entry from the Traditional Ballad Index, but I'm not. Bob posted the one-verse version from the Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore (Volume 3, #146), and that's all I have. Little Birdie in the TreeDESCRIPTION: "Little birdie in the tree, Singing a song to me, Singing about the roses, Singing about the tree; Little birdie in the tree, Singing a song for me."AUTHOR: Philip P. Bliss (1838-1876)? EARLIEST DATE: 1871 (Bliss, "The Charm: A Collection of Sunday School Music") KEYWORDS: bird nonballad FOUND IN: US(MW,SE) REFERENCES (3 citations): Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 146, "Little Birdie in the Tree" (1 text) Sackett/Koch-KansasFolklore, p. 127, "(Little red bird in the tree)") (1 text) ADDITIONAL: Philip Paul Bliss, _The Charm: A Collection of Sunday School Music_, John Church & Co., 1871 (available on Google Books), pp. 120-121, "Little Birdie in the Tree" Roud #5259 NOTES [26 words]: For more on Philip Paul Bliss, see the notes to "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning." Thanks to Jim Dixon for pointing out the publication in The Charm. - RBW Last updated in version 4.5 File: Br3146 Go to the Ballad Search form Go to the Ballad Index Instructions The Ballad Index Copyright 2023 by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle. |
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22 Jul 23 - 08:36 PM (#4177471) Subject: ADD Version: Little Birdie In The Tree From: Joe Offer Here's "Little Birdie in the Tree" performed by Ray Wood (vocals) in room under ramp of storage garage, Houston, Texas, on April 13, 1939. https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000004/ Part of Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (895) LITTLE BIRDIE IN THE TREE Little birdie in the tree, in the tree, in the tree Little birdie in the tree, Sing a song to me. Sing about the robin, Way up in the sky; When you go out callin, Do your children cry? (Repeat first verse) |
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22 Jul 23 - 09:12 PM (#4177473) Subject: ADD Version: Little Birdies From: Joe Offer 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 |
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23 Jul 23 - 06:11 AM (#4177491) Subject: RE: Origins: Birdie Birdie In The Tree From: Robert B. Waltz Joe Offer wrote: "Bob Waltz may be too shy to post the entry from the Traditional Ballad Index...." Actually, I just didn't think the entry said all that much. :-) But here is the version from "The Charm," which, if it is not the original, is surely as close as we're going to get. It is claimed by Bliss, but given the era, I'm not sure that's proof. Little red-bird in the tree In the tree, in the tree, Little red-bird in the tree Sing a song to me. Sing about the roses On the garden wall. Sing about the bird-swing On the tree top tall. Chorus: Little birdie in the tree, In the tree, in the tree, Little birdie in the tree, Sing a song to me. Similarly: Little snowbird in the tree... Sing about the cloud-land 'Way off in the sky, When you go there calling, Do your children cry? Little blue-bird in the tree... Sing about the mountain, Sing about the sea, Sing about the steamboats -- Is there one for me? Little black-bird in the tree... Sing about the farmer, Planting corn and beans, Sing about the harvest -- I know what that means. |
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08 Nov 24 - 06:20 AM (#4211248) Subject: RE: Origins: Birdie Birdie In The Tree From: GUEST,Frankie ?? Birdie Birdie in the tree Come and sing a song to me, Sing it loud and sing it long, Sing for me a pretty song Hopping skipping all around, Here and there upon the ground, Come and see the crumbs I've strewn, I have saved them all for you My mother, born in 1921, passed this lullaby on to me; her mama sang it to her, and her mama's mama (Kate W) must've sung it; her greatgrandma (MaMe W, born around 1820) most likely sang it to baby Kate. MaMe was from Kentucky, and her ancestors came there from Virginia/North Carolina with the Kendall Moss group of pioneers. |