Little Yellow Bird (Time to Rise)

DESCRIPTION: "A birdie with a yellow bill Hopped upon my window sill, Cocked his shining eye and said: 'Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-head!'"
AUTHOR: Words: Robert Louis Stevenson
EARLIEST DATE: 1885 (A Child's Garden of Verses)
KEYWORDS: bird nonballad campsong
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric 191, "Little Yellow Bird" (1 text, 1 tune)
Harbin-Parodology, #364, p. 92, "To a Late Riser" (1 text)
Roud #11317
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Pretty Little Yellow Bird
Birdie with a Yellow Bill
File: Brne191

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