Baby Owlet

DESCRIPTION: "Baby Owlet, Purple Owlet, Singing as Moon shines above." "Won't you lend me your swift pinion, That I may fly to my love." "Tetra coo, coo, coo (x3), Baby Owlet, Poor little owlet, He is tired from crying so."
AUTHOR: unknown (English translation by Muna Lee, according to SongsOfManyNations)
EARLIEST DATE: 1922 (Botsford, according to Sanders-SingHighSingLow)
KEYWORDS: bird love campsong
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 342, "Little Owlet" (notes only)
Sanders-SingHighSingLow, pp. 39-40, "The Owlet" (1 text, 1 tune)
SongsOfManyNations, "The Owlet" (1 text, 1 tune) (CC edition, p. 38)
DT, BABYOWLT
NOTES [17 words]: Sanders-SingHighSingLow lists this as a Mexican folk song but does not list the source of the translation.
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File: ACSF342B

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