Here's another jaybird song. It was recorded by Bok, Muir & Tricket on their "A Water Over Stone" release (1980). The album notes say its southern mountain lullaby and it was published in Best Loved American Folk Songs by Alan Lomax.

BUCKEYE JIM

Way up yonder above the sky,
Bluejay nests in a jaybird's eye.

CHORUS: Buckeye Jim, you can't go.
Go weave and spin, you can't go,
Buckeye Jim.

Way up yonder above the moon,
Bluejay nests in a silver spoon. CHORUS

Way up yonder in a hollow log,
Redbird danced with a green bullfrog. CHORUS

Way up yonder by a wooden trough,
An old woman died of the whooping cough. CHORUS

Repeat first two verses and choruses.



rich r