Dick, I found what purports to be the official version of the song. Here goes:

BYE BYE BLACKBIRD
1926, Lyrics by Mort Dixon, Music by Ray Henderson

[Verse One]
Blackbird
Blackbird singing the blues all day
Right outside of my door
Blackbird
Blackbird
Why do you sit and say
"There's no sunshine in store"
All thru the winter you hung around
Now I begin to feel homeward bound
Blackbird
Blackbird gotta be on my way
Where there's sunshine galore

[chorus]
Pack up all my care and woe
Here I go, singing low
Bye Bye Blackbird
Where somebody waits for me
Sugar's sweet, so is she
Bye Bye Blackbird
No one here can love and understand me
Oh, what hard luck stories they all hand me
Make my bed and light the light
I'll arrive late tonight
Blackbird, Bye Bye

[Verse Two}
Bluebird
Bluebird calling me far away
I've been longing for you
Bluebird
Bluebird
What do I hear you say
"Skies are turning to blue"
I'm like a flower that's fading here
Where every hour is one long tear
Bluebird
Bluebird this is my lucky day
Now my dreams will come true.

[Chorus Repeated]

Another well-known song by lyricist Mort Dixon is "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover." Ray Henderson has "Alabamy Bound," "Button Up Your Overcoat," and "You're the Cream in my Coffee" to his credit.

-Joe Offer-