Name a song with a bird in the title

[red dog 1]

Rockin' Robin -- Bobby Day

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. Beatles - Blackbird (of course!), and And Your Bird Can Sing (a generic bird)...

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

29. Also, Mccartney's solo Jenny Wren.

For my money. not in the same league as Blackbird or And Your Bird Can Sing, but many Macca fans would disagree.

[KatyMan]

118. Wouldn't Blackbird be

A bird with a song in its title?

[HassleCat]

2. White Bird by It's a Beautiful Day. Pretty Flamingo by Rod Stewart (?)

[HassleCat]

4. Surfin Bird by The Trashmen

[HassleCat]

5. Albatross by Fleetwood Mac

[HassleCat]

8. Hummingbird by Deals and Croft, and

I think there was a 1950s song of the same title.

[HassleCat]

12. John Denver did something about eagles, or eagles and hawks.

OK. Looked it up. Eagle and Hawk.

[HassleCat]

14. Bird on a Wire by Leonard Cohen.

[HassleCat]

16. Birdland by Weather Report.

I bet there are a ton of jazz songs on account of Charlie Parker.

[samnsara]

17. birdsong

love white bird!!!!

[HassleCat]

19. Dixie Chicken by Little Feat.

One of my favorites, and I almost forgot it

[HassleCat]

20. Cuckoo Bird by Doc Watson.

[HassleCat]

28. Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Neil Diamond did a bunch of songs for this really dumb movie, and one of them was called Flight of the Gull. I admit I had to look it up, and I only thought of it because a girl I was dating made me sit through it. Twice!

[FrankfurtCat]

48. Here's one of them : "Skybird"

[HassleCat]

33. Wings of a Dove by Ferlin Husky

I remember this as "On the Wings of a Snow White Dove" because it was covered by some popular female singer from Canada, Ann somebody, and my parents played it 30 times a day. Ann Murray. Pretty sure it was her.

[HassleCat]

35. Turkey in the Straw by who knows?

[HassleCat]

37. El Condor Pasa by Simon and Garfunkel.

[lastlib]

115. and Sparrow (by same)

[HassleCat]

44. May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose by Little Jimmy Dickins.

Saw him perform at the Grand Old Opry, although he didn't do this song.

[HassleCat]

45. Birdman of Alkatrash by Strawberry Alarm Clock.

From a very weird time. They were known for their big hit Incense and Peppermints, which played incessantly on the juke box in high school.

[HassleCat]

46. Little Red Rooster by Rolling Stones, covering Howlin Wolf of course.

And covered by many others, Hendrix, Doors, etc.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Mockingbird Hill

[red dog 1]

18. Wow! That one takes me back!

I still love it!

[FrankfurtCat]

6. Fleetwood Mac (Christine McVie)-"Songbird"

[JudyM]

112. One of my all-time favorite songs. For a loving breakup...

[missingthebigdog]

7. FREEBIRD!!!

[BuddyCa]

10. woo!!!

[ghostsinthemachine]

104. Phish, with Wynonna, Del McCourey, Sam Bush

Incredible version.

[skylucy]

9. Free As A Bird (The Beatles)

[LuvLoogie]

11. Engelbert Humperdinck - Lesbian Seagull

[IcyPeas]

58. LOL

[starshine00]

13. Bird Dog by the Everly Brothers n/t

[red dog 1]

21. Good pick!....Great Everly Brothers song!

Hey, bird dog get away from my quail
Hey, bird dog you're on the wrong trail
Bird dog you better leave my lovey-dove alone
Hey, bird dog get away from my chick
Hey, bird dog you better get away quick
Bird dog you better find a chicken little of your own

[JenniferJuniper]

62. The brothers themselves thought it was silly

Big hit for them though

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Free Bird!

People have been writing songs about birds for centuries, for example:

Chant des Oiseaux (Clement Janequin, 1485 – 1558)
The Silver Swan (Orlando Gibbons, 1583 –1625)
Il blanco e dolci cigno (Jacob Arcadelt, 1505 – 1568)
Like as the Doleful Dove (Thomas Tallis, 1505 – 1585)

[red dog 1]

22. Interesting!

Looks like Jacob Arcadelt and Thomas Tallis had something in common (birth year)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

31. Check out Les Chants des Oiseaux, with the bird calls:

[2naSalit]

23. Love those!!

[JDC]

24. 3 Little Birds

Bob Marley

[ret5hd]

25. Bye Bye Birdie

[HoosierDebbie]

26. I thought of four...

Fly Like an Eagle

Wings of a Dove

Red Red Robin

Kookaburra (Sits in the Old Gum Tree)

[red dog 1]

41. "When the red, red robin goes bob, bob bobin' along.."

(That one takes me back)

Welcome to DU!

[mainstreetonce]

27. Yellow Bird

Harry Bellafonte

[nuxvomica]

30. "Mockingbird" by Carly Simon & James Taylor

[FuzzyRabbit]

106. The original version of this great song, by Inez and Charlie Foxx

Recorded in 1963

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[Dark n Stormy Knight]

32. Prince's When Doves Cry

Also, here's a pretty good list of Songs with Birds in the Title from Songfacts.com.

[FrankfurtCat]

49. I was just thinking of this one-sure do miss Prince.

Great list!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

72. Yeah, he was great. Why does it seem like the wrong people die young?

I thought Doves Cry must be on the list, but I did a page search to recheck before I posted.

[Warpy]

34. Bye, Bye Blackbird

Next door neighbor was going to get rich quick with a lounge act. Main song they rehearsed every single night, theri basement door facing into our kitchen, was "Bye Bye Blackbird." His lead singer pronounced it "Boy Boy Blackboyd." I always wonder where he found her in North Carolina. And why.

[red dog 1]

39. lol

[demmiblue]

36. Magpie- Beth Orton

[unc70]

38. May the bluebird of happiness fly up your nose

[Runningdawg]

40. Mexican Blackbird - ZZ Top

[Tom_Foolery]

42. SEALS AND CROFTS--HUMMINGBIRD...

[Ron Obvious]

43. Jewel Akens - The Birds and the Bees

Technically, that's not "a" bird, I suppose.

[missingthebigdog]

47. Rooster- Alice In Chains

Ain't found a way to kill me yet....

[pinboy3niner]

50. That one about the door buzzard

[red dog 1]

54. This one?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018826495

[pinboy3niner]

73. :)

[FrankfurtCat]

51. Dan Fogelberg-"As the Raven Flies"

[oasis]

52. Bobwhite---Johnny Mercer, Bobbie Darin.

[underpants]

53. Grant Lee Buffalo "Mockingbirds"

[Motley13]

55. poor little robin walking to missouri

[50 Shades Of Blue]

56. Crow by Dan Fogelberg

[oasis]

57. "Skylark" ----Hoagy Carmichael.

[IcyPeas]

59. Song to a Seagull - Joni

[IcyPeas]

60. Kookaburra - Cocteau Twins

[red dog 1]

84. Beautiful bird.

(Looks angry)

[IcyPeas]

61. Black Crow - Joni

[JenniferJuniper]

63. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square..best sung by Bobby Darin

[IcyPeas]

64. Canary in a Coalmine - The Police

[Stargleamer]

65. White Bird - It's a Beautiful Day n/t

[chelsea0011]

66. Let the Eagle Soar by John Ashcroft

Am I banned?

[pinboy3niner]

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[red dog 1]

85. LOL

[red dog 1]

87. John Ashcroft is the one who should be banned...

....from ever again singing in public!

(Michael Moore included a short excerpt of this in "Fahrenheit 911&quot

[rurallib]

67. "Snowbird" Anne Murray

[elehhhhna]

68. The Kookabura Song

[pintobean]

70. Phoenix (X2) and Seagull

[ismnotwasm]

71. Three Little Birds--Bob Marley

[Jamaal510]

74. Kenny G: "Songbird"

[Buckeye_Democrat]

75. Listen to the Rockin' Bird - Fred Flintstone

[Lars39]

76. May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose

[mindem]

77. A Bird In A Gilded Cage

She's only a bird in a gilded cage,
A beautiful sight to see,
You may think she's happy and free from care,
She's not, though she seems to be,
'Tis sad when you think of her wasted life,
For youth cannot mate with age,
And her beauty was sold,
For an old man's gold,
She's a bird in a gilded cage

Who does that make you think of?

[red dog 1]

83. Melania Trump?

The song was composed by Arthur J. Lamb and Harry Von Tilzer & became one of the most popular songs of 1900, reportedly selling more than two million copies in sheet music.

Shirley Temple (and many others) did later versions of it.

[mindem]

86. Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

[Mendocino]

78. Neil Young-Dangerbird

Buffalo Springfield-Bluebird
Quincy Jones-Foul Owl on the Prowl
Robin Trower-Day of the Eagle
Beatles-Blue Jay Way

[Botany]

79. When the red red robbin comes bobbing along.

[sl8]

80. 2 from Vera Lynn

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover

[sl8]

81. 2 with ducks:

Disco Duck - Rick Dees

I Want a New Duck - Weird Al Yankovic

[HassleCat]

95. Rubber Duckie by the Muppets.

[sl8]

82. 2 with loons

A Loon - Kristin Hersh

Loon Song - Mountain Man

[Motley13]

88. La paloma

[sakabatou]

89. "Green Bird" by Yoko Kanno

[GoCubsGo]

90. Little Red Rooster

[yankeepants]

91. I am the eagle - John Denver

[VOX]

92. "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" by Sammy Davis, Jr. (TV's Baretta theme)

[VOX]

93. "The Eagle Laughs At You" by Jackie Lomax, 1969

Produced by George Harrison. Eric Clapton is included in the performing personnel.

[mnhtnbb]

94. Where Eagles Dare by Iron Maiden

[mahatmakanejeeves]

96. The Great Speckled Bird

The Great Speckled Bird (song)

"The Great Speckled Bird" is a hymn from the Southern United States whose lyrics were written by the Reverend Guy Smith. It is an allegory referencing Fundamentalist self-perception during the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy. The song is in the form of AABA and has a 12 bar count. It is based on Jeremiah 12 : 9, "Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour." It was recorded in 1936 by Roy Acuff. It was also later recorded by Johnny Cash and Kitty Wells (both in 1959), Pearly Brown (1961), Hank Locklin (1962), Marty Robbins (1966), Lucinda Williams (1978), Bert Southwood (1990), Marion Williams, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
....

Published Versions

The interpretation as it was meant, is of a mobbing of the false churches against the true Church, the Bride of Christ.

The Great Speckled Bird in these lyrics represents the body of Christ and the song speaks of the rapture of His Church before the Great Tribulation period.

[Dave Starsky]

97. Bluebird - ELO

[Orrex]

98. Cygnet Committee

[ghostsinthemachine]

99. Birdsong, Grateful Dead (for Janis)

about Janis Joplin by Robert Hunter.

Once, during a super bowl party someone screwed up and let me near the stereo. I played this version of the song. About a minute into it, the bird of the house, a cockatiel, started to sing. Loudly, and right along with the music. The birds owner said "I've never seen that bird sing at all, much less like this". I asked her if she knew the name of the song? She said no then I told her "birdsong". Blew her away and she bought the album and played it for that bird everyday. And everyday it wold sing like crazy during the song, but otherwise shut up.

[ghostsinthemachine]

100. Bird in a house, Railroad Earth

[Chasstev365]

101. Blue Jay Way - The Beatles

[malchickiwick]

102. The Crow on the Cradle

[lapfog_1]

103. The Phoenix - Fall Out Boy

[FuzzyRabbit]

105. High Flyin' Bird - Jefferson Airplane

With Signe Toly Anderson, their original female singer.

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[Yavin4]

107. Birdhouse in Your Soul

[marked50]

108. The Cuckoo by Taj Mahal-n/t

[PufPuf23]

110. Kaleidoscope (U.S Band) - 03 - Cuckoo, Live, Ash Grove, LA, CA, June 6 1969

Is this the same song? Edit to add: This is David Lindley's early group.

[marked50]

114. Sounds pretty much the same.

Rhythm the same but the words are a little different. Think that that was mentioned in the intro to your Kaleidoscope vid. Really like Lindley's work

[NewDealProgressive]

109. When the Eagle Screams - Motorhead

[PufPuf23]

111. Frank Zappa - Penguin in Bondage

This is a different live recording and not the version on albums.

[Rhiannon12866]

113. Fly Robin Fly (1976)

[sarge43]

116. Vivaldi, Concerto in D major #428, il Gardellino, The Goldfinch

[lindysalsagal]

117. Skylark: Old american songbook standard from waaaaaay back.

Jazz. Gorgeous song.

[turner52]

119. Message deleted by DU the Administrators

[GReedDiamond]

120. I Met a Bird...

...by my band Green Sparkle Frog.

[eppur_se_muova]

121. "La colomba", "La gallina", "L'usignuolo", "Il cuci", by Ottorino Respighi ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(Respighi)

Just trying to class up DU a little.

[TuxedoKat]

122. Una Paloma Blanca