What Does Little Birdie Say?

DESCRIPTION: "What does little birdie say, In her nest at peep of day? Let me fly, says little birdie, Mother, let me fly away." Mother says to wait until the bird is stronger; then it can fly. Baby also wants to get up; mother says to wait and sleep until it can fly
AUTHOR: Words: Alfred Lord Tennyson / Music: M. W. Balfe (source: Williams-Love-Among-Big-Nozes-Songster)
EARLIEST DATE: 1870 (Williams-Love-Among-Big-Nozes-Songster)
KEYWORDS: bird mother baby | advice sleep
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Williams-Love-Among-Big-Nozes-Songster, p. 22, "What Does Little Birdie Say" (1 text)
Roud #46378
File: WLBN-22

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