Little Birdie

Little birdie, little birdie

Come sing to me a song

A short time to stay here

And a long time to be gone

I'd rather be in some dark holler

Where the sun don't never shine

Than to see you (?)

And to know you'll never be mine

Little birdie, little birdie

What makes you fly so high

It's because my own true lover

Is waiting in the sky

Little birdie, little birdie

Come sing to me a song

A short time to stay here (note 1)

And a long time to be gone