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Birds Upon a Tree

from The Ties That Bind by Mawkin

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Birds Upon A Tree - (W C Robey arr Mawkin)
A jolly fellow who enjoys a twitter. Possibly a song of double entendre but perhaps a rare occasion where the truth is really that simple.

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Oh, I am a happy fellow, my name is Tommy Bell
I don't care for your billiards nor game of bagatelle.
A-rambling in the country, a country life for me,
And listening to the little birds a-singing on the tree.

CHORUS:
Oh, the birds upon the trees, oh, the birds upon the tree.
Oh what a pretty sight it is, the little ones to see.
You talk about your music, the sweetest song to me,
Is the warbling of the little birds a-singing on the tree.

Oh, there's little Maud the miller's maid who is to be my bride
We often take a ramble through the meadows side by side.
And when we settle down in life our cottage it shall be,
Where we can hear the little birds a-singing on the tree.

CHORUS

Oh, I often lose me temper; it puts me in a rage,
To see a little dicky bird imprisoned in a cage.
So I burst the bars asunder and set the prisoner free,
And hear the song of liberty while singing on the tree.

CHORUS x 2

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from The Ties That Bind, released July 20, 2015

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Folk rebels, Mawkin, fresh off the back of the three-times-BBC-Folk -Award nominated collaboration Mawkin:Causley, are now forging a bold new sound that strengthens their instrumental roots and embraces a new, exuberant exploration into the traditional folk canon. ... more

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