Birds in the Spring, The

DESCRIPTION: Singer sits down to listen to the birds sing, and praises the pleasure of their notes. Chorus: "And when you grow old, you will have it to say/You'll never hear so sweet... as the birds in the spring" or "...as the nightingale sing"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1893 (Broadwood/Maitland-EnglishCountySongs)
KEYWORDS: lyric nonballad animal bird
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond,South))
REFERENCES (5 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "BIRDS IN THE SPRING, THE"
Broadwood/Maitland-EnglishCountySongs, pp. 124-125, "The Sweet Nightingale" (1 text, 1 tune)
Copper-ASongForEverySeason, pp. 222-223, "By the Green Grove" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, BIRDSPRG
ADDITIONAL: _Sing Out_ magazine, Volume 39, #4 (1995), p, 80, "By the Green Grove" (1 text, 1 tune, the Bob and Ron Copper version)
Roud #356
RECORDINGS:
George Maynard, "The Sweet Nightingale (The Birds in the Spring)" (on Maynard1)
NOTES [29 words]: I've entitled this, "The Birds in the Spring" to avoid confusion with, "The Sweet Nightingale" or "One Morning In May (To Hear the Nightingale Sing)," both unrelated songs. - PJS
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