baltimore oriole

baltimore oriole

took one look at that mercury

forty below

no life for a lady

to be draggin' her feathers around in the snow

leaving me blue

off she flew

to the tangipaho - down in louisiana

where a two - timin' jaybird

met the divine miss o

i'd like to ruffle his plumage

that baltimore oriole

messed around with that big guy

till he singed her wings

forgivin' is easy - it's a woman like

now and then

could happen to thing

send her back home

home ain't home without her warbling

how she can sing

make a lonely man happy

baltimore oriole

come down from that bough

fly to your daddy now.