Robin Redbreast

DESCRIPTION: "Goodbye, goodbye to Summer! For Summer's nearly done; The garden smiling faintly, Cool breezes in the sun." The thrushes are silent, the smallows are gone, but the robin is still singing. Winter is coming. Give a crumb to the robin
AUTHOR: William Allingham (182401889) (source: AppPoetry.com and other Internet sites)
EARLIEST DATE: 1864 (ShillingSongBook3)
KEYWORDS: bird hardtimes | summer autumn seasons
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
ShillingSongBook3, pp. 12-13, "Robin Redbreast" (1 text)
Roud #22828
NOTES [58 words]: Note that the robin in this song is the European robin, not the American. This is important on several counts -- e.g. the poem distinguishes the robin from the thrush -- but American robins ARE thrushes; European robins are not. European robins have (some) brown feathers; American robins do not. Neither one is likely to eat a crumb, though. - RBW
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File: ShS3012

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