SONGBIRD

I recently had a request for a comp about flying and more specificaly high flyin bird. Originally recorded by Judy Henske around 64 it began to take root as a highly recorded tune by very many artists. The song's original writer Billy Edd Wheeler recorded his own version in 67. Jefferson Airplane played the song as one of it's staples and it brought even more awareness to the music scene and it's artists Here are a few versions .

There's a high flying bird up in the sky

And I wonder if that bird looks down as he flies by

Riding on the air so easy in the sky

Sun comes along, lights up the sky

And when he gets tired he slides on over the way

East to the west he gets gone every day

But lord, look at me here

Rooted like a tree here

I got the sit down, can't cry

Oh lord, I'm gonna die blues

I used to have an old man, he worked in the mines

He never saw the sunlight by, oh lord he kept on a-trying

Then one day my daddy he up and died

My old man up and died

My daddy up and died

He had to fly away

And the only way to fly was to die

There's a high flying bird up in the sky

And I wonder if that bird looks down as he flies by

Riding on the air so easy in the sky

But lord, look at me here

Rooted like a tree here

I got the sit down, can't cry

Oh lord, I'm gonna die blues

01 judy henske

02 billy edd wheeler

03 catchin 'grapes

04 h p lovecraft

05 ritchie havens

06 rejoice

07 simone dina

08 carolyn hester

09 au go go singers

10 alta delacruz

11 good time singers

12 jefferson airplane

13 gram parsons

14 balladeers

15 zephyr

16 boss & the conch shells

17 ill wind

18 wizards from kansas

19 shaw,allen and shaw

20 rookies

21 plague

22 doghouse friday

23 possum river

24 neil young & crazy horse