Little Birdie in the Tree

DESCRIPTION: "Little birdie in the tree, Singing a song to me, Singing about the roses/rainbow/etc., Singing about the tree; Little birdie in the tree, Singing a song for me."
AUTHOR: Philip P. Bliss (1838-1876)?
EARLIEST DATE: 1871 (Bliss, "The Charm: A Collection of Sunday School Music")
KEYWORDS: bird nonballad
FOUND IN: US(MA,MW,SE)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 146, "Little Birdie in the Tree" (1 text)
Sackett/Koch-KansasFolklore, p. 127, "(Little red bird in the tree)") (1 text)
Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong, p. 227, "Little Birdies" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: Philip Paul Bliss, _The Charm: A Collection of Sunday School Music_, John Church & Co., 1871 (available on Google Books), pp. 120-121, "Little Birdie in the Tree"
Roud #5259
RECORDINGS:
Miriam "Mimi" Wright, "Little Birdie in a Tree" (Piotr-Archive #295, recorded 10/10/2022)
NOTES [26 words]: For more on Philip Paul Bliss, see the notes to "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning." Thanks to Jim Dixon for pointing out the publication in The Charm. - RBW
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File: Br3146

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