Fly Bird Fly: origin?

15 Mar 02 - 11:07 AM (#669816)
Subject: Fly Bird Fly: origin?
From: Jeremiah McCaw

Does anyone know anything about the origin of this? I learned this song from a friend. She learned it from her grandmother, who in turn had gotten it from a teacher she had when she attended an Indian school in the midwest United States. The teacher was from the deep South.

Fly Bird Fly

Fly bird fly, fly bird fly. .
you fly no lonelier than I.

The saddest sound my ears have ever heard,
was a baby crying for a long gone bird.

So, fly bird fly, fly bird fly. .
you fly no lonelier than I.

One day soon, tell you what somebody's going to do. . .
They're gonna kill my bird. . .on that morning I'll die too.

So, Fly bird fly, fly bird fly. . .
you fly no lonelier than I.

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16 Mar 02 - 09:53 AM (#670156)
Subject: RE: Fly Bird Fly: origin?
From: Jeremiah McCaw

Anybody? . . .

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17 Mar 02 - 12:32 AM (#670582)
Subject: RE: Fly Bird Fly: origin?
From: George Seto - [e-mail]

It's mentioned in this thread

Anna Thea Stole a Stallion

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20 Mar 02 - 12:56 AM (#672405)
Subject: RE: Fly Bird Fly: origin?
From: Jeremiah McCaw

Appreciate the try George, but it doesn't appear to be the same song. Somewhere out there in cyberland I've seen the (translated) lyrics to Marta's song. Different, and I think a fairly contemporary composition. The one I'm looking for would have to be at least 75 years old; whether an original from that time or an even older traditional song I can only guess.

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20 Mar 02 - 04:19 AM (#672436)
Subject: RE: Fly Bird Fly: origin?
From: masato sakurai

This may not be the one, but there's a Malaysian song titled "Terbang Burong Terbang (Fly Bird Fly)". Lyrics are HERE.

~Masato

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