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Birds in Song Titles (1 Viewer)

Monahawk

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Ok, there has been a flurry of 'how many have you seen' threads of late, so I thought I'd change the format slightly and see how many birds you know in song or tune titles from all musical genres.

Here's 3 for starters.
Peacock Suit by Paul Weller
The Raven by The Stranglers
Pretty Flamingo by Manfred Mann

Si.
 
bluebirds over the white cliffs of dover ( Vera Lynn)
cockney sparrow Max Bygraves
Fly like an eagle John Denver
nightingale sang in berkley sq ??
feed the birds my fair lady
lets go fly a kite mary poppins
rocking robin Jackson five
Albatross fleetwood mac
 
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Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air... Pink Floyd Echoes
Shearwater
The Warblers
 
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There's actually quite a few band with bird names in them....

The Doves
The Guillemots
The housemartins
The Eagles

What about JayKay from Jamiroquai, is that ok?
Or what about Sheryl Crow
 
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Rockin' Robin-The Jackson 5
Albatross- Fleetwooc Mac
Morning Mr Magpie-Radiohead
Black Swan song-Athlete
Fly like an Eagle-Steve Miller band
Owls are watching-Funeral for a friend
 
"Redwing"
"Blackbird"
"Love Minus Zero" My love is like a raven, at my window with a broken wing. Dylan
"Hummingbird"
"Blue Jay Way"
"Mockingbird"
"Mockingbird Hill"
"Snowbird"
"Bird on a Wire"
"White Bird"
"Zippity Do Da" ?
"Bird of Paradise" up your nose?
"Jonathan Livingston Seagull"


I am a songwriter and I have written a lot of songs inspired by birds. I never have named the bird featured in the songs, wouldn't want to alienate anyone. "Little Bird" "Flyin" "Bird on a Limb"

"Will the Birds Still Fly Today"
I look but I can't see the sky
Computer's bright, it blocks my eyes
But tell me sir, is it really gonna matter anyway?
Will the sun still shine, will the bird still fly today?

I've stared at computer screens too long
Everything that I've worked for, it's all gone
I want to feel the earth beneath my feet
Watch children play as I walk down the street

I've escaped and I feel like I can fly
No ceiling above, just clear blue sky
Computer man, I dropped you a line just to say
That the sun still shines and the birds still fly today
 
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Bird Boy said:
""Bird of Paradise" up your nose?
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You're thinking of
“May the Bird of Paradise Fly up your Nose” - Little Jimmy Dickens

Here are a few more -
“Twa Corbies” - old English folk song about two ravens picking over a fallen soldiers body
“Follow the Heron” – Malinky
“Crow Black Chicken” – New Lost City Ramblers
“The Thieving Magpie” – Rossini overture
“My Lady’s a Wild Flying Dove” – Tom paxton
“Owls” – Leo Kottke
“The Cuckoo” – American folk song
 
Thought of more.

Where Bluebirds Fly by Radiohead
Black Swan by Thom Yorke
The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams
Where Eagles Have Been by Wolfmother
White Dove by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Little Red Rooster by The Rolling Stones

Si.
 
There is also a scottish song about crows.. "Three Craws"

Three Craws
Sat upon a wa' (wall)
sat upon a wa'
sat upon a wa- a - a -a
Three craws
sat upon a wa'
on a cold and frosty morning

The first Craw
Was greetin for his maw (crying for his mother)
Greetin for his maw
greeting for his maw-aw-aw-aw
The first craw was greetin for his maw
on a cold and frosty morning..

The second craw
Was greetin for his paw (father)
greetin for his paw
greetin for his paw-aw -aw -aw
The second craw
was greetin for his paw
On a cold and frosty morning

The third craw

wasnae there at a' ........
 
The Hairy Highlander said:
Here's a few good ones...

Unsandpiper by Kyuss
Night Bird Flying by Jimi Hendrix
Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix


OOps, posted twice?
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Hairy I think you may have similar music tatstes to me! I love Kyuss! and all the others you said. :t:

Also, I think this thread is an excellent way of showing your age... Golden Eagle! Max Bygraves!! I thought he was a victorian explorer :-O

I just heard this swedish folk guitarist who goes by the name 'the tallest man on earth', He's a bit like Dylan. On his album titled shallow graves;

Where do my bluebirds fly
The sparrow and the medicine
 
Ha Ha, just thought of a beaut....anything by Jimi HENdrix!!

And my good lady informs me that there's a dodgy eighties band called 'Flock Of Seagulls'?
 
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