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FREE A LITTLE BIRD (ON THE BANKS OF THE OLD TENNESSEE; KITTY KLINE) Sung by: W.P. Detherow Recorded in Batesville, AR, 6/25/52 I can't stay here by myself; I can't stay here by myself. The days are growing old and the nights are growing cold, And I can't stay here by myself. Chorus: I'm as free a little bird as I can be, I'm as free a little bird as I can be, I'm as free a little birdie as ever you did see, I'm as free a little bird as I can be. If I were a little building bird, I'd never build my nest on the ground. I'd build my nest in the top of a tree, Where the bad boys could never bother me. (Chorus) If I were a little honey bee, I'd never sip the honey from the flowers. I'd steal one kiss from that pretty little miss As she stands in her old cottage door. It's oh, how I love Kitty Cly, It's oh, how I love Kitty Cly, With her red rosy cheeks and her dimpled little chin, And it's oh, how I love Kitty Cly. Way down in my old cabin home, Way down in my old cabin home, It was there I lost the pride of my life, Way down in my old cabin home. I'm as sad a little bird as I can be, I'm as sad a little bird as I can be, I'm as sad a little birdie as ever you did see, I'm as sad a little bird as I can be. Also found in Randolph, Vol. IV, #700, "On the Banks of the Old Tennessee"; Brown, Vol. III, #255, "Kitty Kline." |
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