The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #17405   Message #168138
Posted By: Midchuck
25-Jan-00 - 01:04 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Hummingbird
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hummingbird
That's pretty, and I shouldn't do this, but the title reminded me of one of my own doggerel compositions:

LAWYER CADY'S HUMMINGBIIRD WALTZ

Words: Cady and Morse Music: P. D. ("Railroading on the Great Divide")

G C G Just give me a Hummingbird, and a little Old Crow; (A7) D7 And I'll give you music, wherever I go. G C G There ain't many songs this old Buzzard don't know, C G D7 G If you give him a Hummingbird, and a little Old Crow.

I loved making music on my D-18. It was new, it was mellow and bright, it was clean. But I got kind of old, and my songs got obscene; And it felt wrong to play it, if you know what I mean.

So give me a Hummingbird, and a little Old Crow; And I'll give you music, wherever I go. The cardinal rule, if you want a good show, Is to give me a Hummingbird, and a little Old Crow.

I see birdwatchers run through the woods, and I ask: "What is there to gain, that would prompt such a task?" A man's reach shouldn't have to exceed his own grasp. There's fine birds to be found in a gigbag or flask.

So give me a Hummingbird, and a little Old Crow; And I'll give you music, wherever I go. Doctor John Starling, himself, told me so: All you need is a Hummingbird, and a little Old Crow.