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33. Wings of a Dove by Ferlin Husky

Sat Feb 4, 2017, 06:25 PM

Feb 2017

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.

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Name a song with a bird in the title [View all] red dog 1 Feb 2017 OP

Beatles - Blackbird (of course!), and And Your Bird Can Sing (a generic bird)... NRaleighLiberal Feb 2017 #1

Also, Mccartney's solo Jenny Wren. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 #29

Wouldn't Blackbird be KatyMan Apr 2017 #118

White Bird by It's a Beautiful Day. Pretty Flamingo by Rod Stewart (?) HassleCat Feb 2017 #2

Surfin Bird by The Trashmen HassleCat Feb 2017 #4

Albatross by Fleetwood Mac HassleCat Feb 2017 #5

Hummingbird by Deals and Croft, and HassleCat Feb 2017 #8

John Denver did something about eagles, or eagles and hawks. HassleCat Feb 2017 #12

Bird on a Wire by Leonard Cohen. HassleCat Feb 2017 #14

Birdland by Weather Report. HassleCat Feb 2017 #16

birdsong samnsara Feb 2017 #17

Dixie Chicken by Little Feat. HassleCat Feb 2017 #19

Cuckoo Bird by Doc Watson. HassleCat Feb 2017 #20

Jonathan Livingston Seagull HassleCat Feb 2017 #28

Here's one of them : "Skybird" FrankfurtCat Feb 2017 #48

Wings of a Dove by Ferlin Husky HassleCat Feb 2017 #33

Turkey in the Straw by who knows? HassleCat Feb 2017 #35

El Condor Pasa by Simon and Garfunkel. HassleCat Feb 2017 #37

and Sparrow (by same) lastlib Apr 2017 #115

May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose by Little Jimmy Dickins. HassleCat Feb 2017 #44

Birdman of Alkatrash by Strawberry Alarm Clock. HassleCat Feb 2017 #45

Little Red Rooster by Rolling Stones, covering Howlin Wolf of course. HassleCat Feb 2017 #46

Mockingbird Hill In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #3

Wow! That one takes me back! red dog 1 Feb 2017 #18

Fleetwood Mac (Christine McVie)-"Songbird" FrankfurtCat Feb 2017 #6

One of my all-time favorite songs. For a loving breakup... JudyM Feb 2017 #112

FREEBIRD!!! missingthebigdog Feb 2017 #7

woo!!! BuddyCa Feb 2017 #10

Phish, with Wynonna, Del McCourey, Sam Bush ghostsinthemachine Feb 2017 #104

Free As A Bird (The Beatles) skylucy Feb 2017 #9

Engelbert Humperdinck - Lesbian Seagull LuvLoogie Feb 2017 #11

LOL IcyPeas Feb 2017 #58

Bird Dog by the Everly Brothers n/t starshine00 Feb 2017 #13

Good pick!....Great Everly Brothers song! red dog 1 Feb 2017 #21

The brothers themselves thought it was silly JenniferJuniper Feb 2017 #62

Free Bird! The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #15

Interesting! red dog 1 Feb 2017 #22

Check out Les Chants des Oiseaux, with the bird calls: The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #31

Love those!! 2naSalit Feb 2017 #23

3 Little Birds JDC Feb 2017 #24

Bye Bye Birdie ret5hd Feb 2017 #25

I thought of four... HoosierDebbie Feb 2017 #26

"When the red, red robin goes bob, bob bobin' along.." red dog 1 Feb 2017 #41

Yellow Bird mainstreetonce Feb 2017 #27

"Mockingbird" by Carly Simon & James Taylor nuxvomica Feb 2017 #30

The original version of this great song, by Inez and Charlie Foxx FuzzyRabbit Feb 2017 #106

Prince's When Doves Cry Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 #32

I was just thinking of this one-sure do miss Prince. FrankfurtCat Feb 2017 #49

Yeah, he was great. Why does it seem like the wrong people die young? Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 #72

Bye, Bye Blackbird Warpy Feb 2017 #34

lol red dog 1 Feb 2017 #39

Magpie- Beth Orton demmiblue Feb 2017 #36

May the bluebird of happiness fly up your nose unc70 Feb 2017 #38

Mexican Blackbird - ZZ Top Runningdawg Feb 2017 #40

SEALS AND CROFTS--HUMMINGBIRD... Tom_Foolery Feb 2017 #42

Jewel Akens - The Birds and the Bees Ron Obvious Feb 2017 #43

Rooster- Alice In Chains missingthebigdog Feb 2017 #47

That one about the door buzzard pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #50

This one? red dog 1 Feb 2017 #54

:) pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #73

Dan Fogelberg-"As the Raven Flies" FrankfurtCat Feb 2017 #51

Bobwhite---Johnny Mercer, Bobbie Darin. oasis Feb 2017 #52

Grant Lee Buffalo "Mockingbirds" underpants Feb 2017 #53

poor little robin walking to missouri Motley13 Feb 2017 #55

Crow by Dan Fogelberg 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2017 #56

"Skylark" ----Hoagy Carmichael. oasis Feb 2017 #57

Song to a Seagull - Joni IcyPeas Feb 2017 #59

Kookaburra - Cocteau Twins IcyPeas Feb 2017 #60

Beautiful bird. red dog 1 Feb 2017 #84

Black Crow - Joni IcyPeas Feb 2017 #61

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square..best sung by Bobby Darin JenniferJuniper Feb 2017 #63

Canary in a Coalmine - The Police IcyPeas Feb 2017 #64

White Bird - It's a Beautiful Day n/t Stargleamer Feb 2017 #65

Let the Eagle Soar by John Ashcroft chelsea0011 Feb 2017 #66

... pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #69

LOL red dog 1 Feb 2017 #85

John Ashcroft is the one who should be banned... red dog 1 Feb 2017 #87

"Snowbird" Anne Murray rurallib Feb 2017 #67

The Kookabura Song elehhhhna Feb 2017 #68

Phoenix (X2) and Seagull pintobean Feb 2017 #70

Three Little Birds--Bob Marley ismnotwasm Feb 2017 #71

Kenny G: "Songbird" Jamaal510 Feb 2017 #74

Listen to the Rockin' Bird - Fred Flintstone Buckeye_Democrat Feb 2017 #75

May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose Lars39 Feb 2017 #76

A Bird In A Gilded Cage mindem Feb 2017 #77

Melania Trump? red dog 1 Feb 2017 #83

Winner, winner, chicken dinner. mindem Feb 2017 #86

Neil Young-Dangerbird Mendocino Feb 2017 #78

When the red red robbin comes bobbing along. Botany Feb 2017 #79

2 from Vera Lynn sl8 Feb 2017 #80

2 with ducks: sl8 Feb 2017 #81

Rubber Duckie by the Muppets. HassleCat Feb 2017 #95

2 with loons sl8 Feb 2017 #82

La paloma Motley13 Feb 2017 #88

"Green Bird" by Yoko Kanno sakabatou Feb 2017 #89

Little Red Rooster GoCubsGo Feb 2017 #90

I am the eagle - John Denver yankeepants Feb 2017 #91

"Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" by Sammy Davis, Jr. (TV's Baretta theme) VOX Feb 2017 #92

"The Eagle Laughs At You" by Jackie Lomax, 1969 VOX Feb 2017 #93

Where Eagles Dare by Iron Maiden mnhtnbb Feb 2017 #94

The Great Speckled Bird mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2017 #96

Bluebird - ELO Dave Starsky Feb 2017 #97

Cygnet Committee Orrex Feb 2017 #98

Birdsong, Grateful Dead (for Janis) ghostsinthemachine Feb 2017 #99

Bird in a house, Railroad Earth ghostsinthemachine Feb 2017 #100

Blue Jay Way - The Beatles Chasstev365 Feb 2017 #101

The Crow on the Cradle malchickiwick Feb 2017 #102

The Phoenix - Fall Out Boy lapfog_1 Feb 2017 #103

High Flyin' Bird - Jefferson Airplane FuzzyRabbit Feb 2017 #105

Birdhouse in Your Soul Yavin4 Feb 2017 #107

The Cuckoo by Taj Mahal-n/t marked50 Feb 2017 #108

Kaleidoscope (U.S Band) - 03 - Cuckoo, Live, Ash Grove, LA, CA, June 6 1969 PufPuf23 Feb 2017 #110

Sounds pretty much the same. marked50 Feb 2017 #114

When the Eagle Screams - Motorhead NewDealProgressive Feb 2017 #109

Frank Zappa - Penguin in Bondage PufPuf23 Feb 2017 #111

Fly Robin Fly (1976) Rhiannon12866 Feb 2017 #113

Vivaldi, Concerto in D major #428, il Gardellino, The Goldfinch sarge43 Apr 2017 #116

Skylark: Old american songbook standard from waaaaaay back. lindysalsagal Apr 2017 #117

Message deleted by DU the Administrators turner52 Apr 2017 #119

I Met a Bird... GReedDiamond Apr 2017 #120

"La colomba", "La gallina", "L'usignuolo", "Il cuci", by Ottorino Respighi ... eppur_se_muova Apr 2017 #121

Una Paloma Blanca TuxedoKat May 2017 #122