Carrier Pigeon, The

DESCRIPTION: "Come hither, thou beautiful rover, Thou wanderer of earth and of air." The singer asks the bird to land. He gives it bread and wine. He sends a message tied with a blue ribbon and sends it on its way
AUTHOR: James Gates Percival (source: The Poetical Works of James Gates Percival)
EARLIEST DATE: 1853 (Davidson's Universal Melodist, Volume I)
KEYWORDS: bird travel | message pigeon
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Driven-From-Home-Songster, p. 27, "The Carrier Pigeon" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: _The Fireside Song Book_, Leavitt and Allen, New York, 1859 (available on Google Books), p. 135, "The Carrier Pigeon" (1 text)
Roud #22632
File: DFHS027B

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