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Thread #12974   Message #2483813
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
03-Nov-08 - 06:05 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Little Birdie
Subject: RE: Origins: Little Birdie
This one seems to be most closely allied to the "Dark Hollow" group

Lyr. Add: LITTLE BIRDIE

I'm a long way from old Dixie
Near my old Kentucky home
And my father and mother are both dead;
Got no place to call my home.
2
Oh, I'd rather be in some dark holler
Where the sun don't ever shine
Than to see you another man's woman
When you promised to be mine.
Refrain
Little birdie, little birdie,
Come and sing me your song;
Got a short time to stay here
And a long time to be gone.
3
Little birdie, little birdie
What makes you act so queer*
You've got no cause to worry
And don't need no clothes to wear.
4
Married woman, married woman,
Come and see what you have done;
You have caused me to love you,
Now your husband is dear and gone.
5
Oh, I'd rather be a sailor,
Way out there upon the sea,
Than to be a married man
With a baby on my knee.
6
For a married man sees trouble
While a single man sees none;
And I'd rather be a single man
And have all my fun.

* Pronounced 'quare' in portions of the highlands and west into Arkansas.
Source not stated.
Little Birdie