Yellow Bird

Yellow bird, up high in banana tree
Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me
Did your lady friend leave the nest again?
Oh, how very sad, make me feel so bad
You can fly away, in the sky away.  You're more lucky than me
I also have a pretty girl. She's not with me today
They're all the same, this pretty gals
They leave the nest, and they fly away
Yellow bird, up high in banana tree
Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me
Black and yellow, you like banana too
You better fly away, in the sky away
The picker's coming soon.  He picks from night to noon
He might pick you someday

I wish that I was a yellow bird
I could fly away with you, but I am not a yellow bird
So here I sit, nothing else to do
Yellow bird - - Yellow bird - - Yellow bird

YELLOW BIRD [HAITI ]
WORDS -1883 MUSIC -1893
YELLOW BIRD, HIGH UP IN BANANA TREE.
YELLOW BIRD, YOU SIT ALL ALONE LIKE ME.
DID YOUR LADY FRIEND
LEAVE THE NEST AGAIN?
THAT IS VERY SAD, MAKES ME FEEL SO BAD.
YOU CAN FLY AWAY, IN THE SKY AWAY.
YOU’RE MORE LUCKY THAN ME!
I ALSO HAVE A PRETTY GAL;
SHE’S NOT WITH ME TODAY.
THEY’RE ALL THE SAME,THE PRETTY GALS.
MAKE THEM THE NEST;
THEN THEY FLYAWAY.
YELLOW BIRD, HIGH UP IN BANANA TREE.
YELLOW BIRD, YOU SIT ALL ALONE LIKE ME.
BETTER FLY AWAY, IN THE SKY AWAY,
PICKER COMIN’ SOON
PICK FROM EIGHT TO NOON.
BLACK AND YELLOW YOU, LIKE BANANA TOO.
THEY MIGHT PICK YOU SOMEDAY!
WISH THAT I WAS A YELLOW BIRD.
I’D FLY AWAY WITH YOU.
BUT I AM NOT A YELLOW BIRD,
SO HERE I SIT — NOTHING ELSE TO DO.