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29 Jan 03 - 09:34 PM (#878127) Subject: Origins: Dear little light bird From: GUEST,Julia hello- I just played for a retirement community where a lovely elder (probably age 75) told me of this song she learned from her great-grandmother in Nova Scotia. Does anyone know it and can you tell me anything about it? Thanks!! Dear little light bird, happy and free Come to me, come to me All in white and colors bright Come and let me hold you tight The great sun holds me, I cannot stay I slip through your fingers, I fly away He sends me down with his love to you Be glad in his light and be always true |
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29 Jan 03 - 10:51 PM (#878155) Subject: RE: Origins: Dear little light bird From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca I've forwarded the information to some people who might know this, hopefully! |
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21 Dec 11 - 10:45 PM (#3278098) Subject: Lyr Add: THE LIGHT BIRD (Page/Jenks) From: Jim Dixon From Song Echoes from Child Land for the Home, the School, and the Kindergarten by Harriet S. Jenks and Mabel Rust (Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1896), page 112: THE LIGHT BIRD Words by Anne L. Page, music by Harriet S Jenks. Dear little light bird, happy and free, Come to me, oh, come to me. All in white or in colors bright, Come and let me hold you tight. The great sun holds me; I cannot stay. I slip from your fingers; I fly away. He sends me down with love to you. Be glad in his light and be always true. Copyright 1896 by Oliver Ditson Company. |