Pretty Little Blue Bird

DESCRIPTION: "Pretty little Bluebird, why do you go? Come back, come back to me: I go, sang the bird, as he flew on high, To see if my color matches the sky."
AUTHOR: W. H. Neidlinger (1863-1924) (source: Niedlinger, Small Songs for Small Singers)
EARLIEST DATE: 1896 (Small Songster for Small Singers)
KEYWORDS: bird nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 464, "Pretty Little Blue Bird" (notes only)
ADDITIONAL: W. H. Neidlinger, _Sall Songs for Small Singers_, with illustrations by Walter Bobbett, G. Schirmer, 1896, p. 30, "The Blue-Bird" (1 short text, 1 tune)
File: ACSF464P

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