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Thread #23431   Message #1116075
Posted By: GUEST,J.E.
14-Feb-04 - 08:02 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sweet Little Robin (Burl Ives)
Subject: Lyr Add: SWEET LITTLE ROBIN (Burl Ives)
I'm looking for that also. As a boy, I had that album. I still know the lyrics:

SWEET LITTLE ROBIN
(Burl Ives)


She came to my window,one morning in Spring.
The sweet little robin, she came there to sing.
And the song that she sang was sweeter by far
than ever was heard by a flute or guitar.

Her wings she was spreading to soar far away,
then resting a moment to sweetly say,
"Oh happy oh happy the world seems to be,
awake little man and be happy with me."

But just as she finished her beautiful song,
a thoughtless young man with his gun came along.
He killed and he carried my robin away.
She'll sing never more on the break of the day.

CHORUS : Oh robin, oh robin oh robin red breast.
The sweet little robin, she came there to sing.
And the song that she sang was sweeter by far
than ever was heard on a flute or guitar.


If anyone knows the title of this album, please post it here. I want to share it with my children!!