Red Bird

DESCRIPTION: "Red bird soon in the morning (x2), Red bird, red bird soon in the morning. (x2)" "What's the matter with the red bird soon in the morning?" "Cat got the red bird soon in the morning." "Hog got the red bird soon in the morning."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1958 (recording, Pete Seeger)
KEYWORDS: bird nonballad
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 405, "Red Bird" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Moses Asch and Alan Lomax, Editors, _The Leadbelly Songbook_, Oak, 1962, pp. 90-91, "Red Bird" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #11682
RECORDINGS:
Pete Seeger, "Red Bird" (on PeteSeeger21)
File: FSWB405

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