Lyr ADD: I Am the Eagle (Rhett Davis)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: there once was a silver grey fox
From: GUEST,dusty 68
Date: 17 Sep 04 - 07:59 PM

Would like to know if any one has that one hit wonder im in the hunt for it

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: there once was a silver grey fox
From: GUEST,Shayne
Date: 09 Sep 04 - 07:40 PM

I have always believed the artist name was Rhett Davis, this song still plays on CFCW radio out of Camrose Alberta {the only radio station I have heard it on.

According to the music man at CFCW it was only released as a single on 45rpm disc.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: there once was a silver grey fox
From: GUEST,daylynn
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 12:05 PM

thankyou so much for posting the words to that song. I have called every radio station I could think of that might know that song but no one knows that song. I have searched the internet on anything about red davis but have come up with nothing. That song reminds me of my mother who always would say listen to the words, they dont sing songs this beautiful anymore

Subject: Lyr Add: I AM THE EAGLE (Rhett Davis)
From: GUEST,gonzo11
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 06:12 PM

My mom pieced together what appears to be nearly all of the song from multiple partial recordings. We're still looking for a complete good quality recording. Here are her transcribed lyrics:

I AM THE EAGLE
by Rhett Davis

There once was a silver grey fox of great beauty, who lived very deep in the wood
Afraid of the meadow where life once before had treated her worse than it should.
And to think of the mountain beyond the great meadow did surely bring fear to her heart,
For she'd heard the stories of all the great hunters and shivered and cried in the dark.
Then tired of living a life in dark shadows, the fox ventured out in the light
And rejoiced at the sound and the smell of the meadow while keeping her shelter in sight.
Then all at once such a fear overcame her as a shadow passed over the sun
And as she heard the cry of the great hunting eagle, she knew it was over and done.

CHORUS:
For I am the eagle, the sweet soaring eagle, I've come to take you away
High up the mountains and sparkling blue rivers and show you the place where I stay.
Please do not fear me for I will not harm you no matter what others may say.
For though it is true that our lives should not mingle, I'm in need of some friendship today.

Though she didn't know why, she accepted the offer and reluctantly climbed on his back
And the woods and the meadow were left far behind her. It seemed she would never get back.
Then the fox sensed a yearning deep within the great eagle and she felt something stirring her too.
Could she, a fox, fall in love with the eagle, could he fall in love with her too?
Could this eagle be lonely and searching for someone to help him rule his domain?
Had he ever had someone to love and protect him and bring him in out of the rain?
And the eagle spoke soft and his words were a wonder, in a voice touched with sadness it seemed
Even though I must hunt in the name of survival, I need not kill all that I see.

CHORUS ENDING WITH TWO EXTRA LINES:

I've need of some friendship today
I've need of some love today (sung very slowly).

Subject: RE: looking for a song: once was a silver grey fox
From: GUEST,Lawanda
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 04:51 PM

I have searched the net and found that this sight is the only one that refers to a song I used to sing many years ago, I remember the melody and one verse and the chorus.(the same lyrics everyone else seems to remember.

Would really appreciate the lyrics for the complete song if anyone out there can provide them.

Thanks.

Subject: RE: looking for a song: once was a silver grey fox
From: GUEST,gonzo11
Date: 02 Jul 04 - 12:47 PM

Crazy--a memory of a favorite childhood song ("the fox and the eagle" as I remembered it) popped into my head today, so I did a quick internet search to see if I could figure out who sang it, etc.

What a surprise to find others looking for the same tune! It's great to have figured out the singer and title...any luck with tracking down a copy?

Subject: RE: looking for a song: once was a silver grey fox
From: GUEST,daylynn
Date: 18 May 04 - 08:19 PM

I have been looking all over the internet for anything about him but I have come up with nothing. I know that he sings that song because my mother has it on cassette tape and at the end of the song they announced that the song was sung by Red Rhett Davis. It is such a beautiful song, the eagle says to the fox know matter what others have done I will not harm you and the fox climbs on the eagles wings and they go for a ride but at the end there from two totally different worlds so they have to live apart.

Corrections made by a JoeClone.

Subject: RE: looking for a song: once was a silver grey fox
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 18 May 04 - 02:22 PM

Any information on this 'Red Davis'? Too many of them to Google.

Subject: RE: looking for a song: once was a silver grey fox
From: GUEST,daylynn
Date: 18 May 04 - 12:01 AM

Actually, yes there is. I just confirmed that a singer of the name Red Rhett Davis does sing THE SONG OF THE SILVER GREY FOX I AM THE EAGLE posted by Jan Black, which is also the song that in the chorus says, "I am the eagle, the sweet soaring eagle. I've come to take you away." Meaning the fox climbs on the eagle's back to take him away because they are in love.

Corrections made by a JoeClone.

Subject: RE: looking for a song: once was a silver grey fox
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 17 May 04 - 07:22 PM

More than one song begins "I am an Eagle," one sung by Eagle Scouts.
I don't believe any of them are related to the story of the silver gray fox and the eagle, requested here and partly posted by Jan back in 1998 (the one I would like to get as well).
It is not the Aesop fable about the fox and the eagle either.

Subject: RE: Still Looking
From: GUEST,daylynn
Date: 17 May 04 - 06:00 PM

could you post the rest of the song. thanks

Subject: RE: looking for a song: once was a silver grey fox
From: GUEST,daylynn
Date: 17 May 04 - 04:29 PM

i am looking for that song too. I dont know who sings it but it goes I am the eagle the sweet soaring eagle I've come to take you away. I also recorded it along time ago and have it on a tape. the song means alot to my mother and I. I think the song is sung by red davis or something.

Subject: RE: looking for a song: once was a silver grey fox
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 May 03 - 06:38 PM

Gee, Joe, I am surprised at you.**bg** Check out this old thread and the link in it to a previous one about the same song. Still no one has been able to find the complete song nor who does it.:-)

katcat'tbelieveIsemiscoopedJoe!

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Subject: RE: looking for a song: once was a silver grey fox
From: Joe Offer
Date: 12 May 03 - 01:08 PM

Hi, Mr. Dusty - I changed your thread title to something more specific so people will notice it more (we've had lots of threads titled "I am looking for a song"). I hope you can still find it. It might be a good idea to bookmark this page and come back to it every once in a while.
I looked for the song, but had no luck with it.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: Lyr Req: I am looking for a song.
From: GUEST,mrdusty007
Date: 12 May 03 - 12:49 PM

I know this song exists because I have it on an old tape that I recorded from the radio. But I don't remember the title. The song starts out with this line:

"There once was a silver grey fox of great beauty who lived very deep in the woods."

The song is about the fox and an eagle falling in love.
Can anyone tell me what the title is?
Thanks.

Subject: Still Looking
From: Jan
Date: 19 Oct 98 - 12:42 AM

I know the lyrics still looking for who sings it and /or the title of it. This is the first part:

There once was a silver grey fox of great beauty
who lived very deep in the wood
Afraid of the great meadow where life once before
had treated her worse than it should
And to think of the mountain beyond the great meadow
did surely bring fear to her heart
For she'd heard the stories of all the great hunters
and she shivered and cried in the dark

Subject: RE: i know the lyrics, looking for who sings it
From: Ralph Butts
Date: 05 Sep 98 - 04:58 PM

Joe.....try:

http://woods.bianca.com/shacklet/~A~/poems.html

......Tiger

Subject: RE: i know the lyrics, looking for who sings it
From: Joe Offer
Date: 05 Sep 98 - 04:42 PM

It's a pretty song - is there more of it that you remember? I'd like to see the rest of the lyrics.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: i know the lyrics, looking for who sings it
From:
Date: 05 Sep 98 - 04:38 PM

this is the first part:

There once was a silver grey fox of great beauty
who lived very deep in the wood
Afraid of the great meadow where life once before
had treated her worse than it should
And to think of the mountain beyond the great meadow
did surely bring fear to her heart
For she'd heard the stories of all the great hunters
and she shivered and cried in the dark

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