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77. A Bird In A Gilded Cage

Sun Feb 5, 2017, 09:51 AM

Feb 2017

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?

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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