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MARILN KEITH, ALAN BERGMAN, AND NORMAN LUBOFF WROTE THE LYRICS AND MUSIC TO "YELLOW BIRD" IN 1957.
SEVERAL RECORDING ARTISTS SANG THE JAMAICAN SONG. MOST SUCCESSFUL WAS "MR. WUNERFUL", LAWRENCE WELK!
CHET ATKINS, ARTHUR LYMAN, AND THE BROTHERS FOUR ACTUALLY ADDED "YELLOWBIRD"
TO THEIR ALBUMS.
"YELLOW BIRD" BECAME LYMAN'S SIGNATURE SONG. HE WAS BORN IN HAWAII AND LIVED THERE ALL OF HIS LIFE.
IT WAS A POPULAR SONG ON THE MAINLAND.
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YELLOW BIRD, UP HIGH IN BANANA TREE,
YELLOW BIRD, YOU SIT ALL ALONE LIKE ME.
DID YOUR LADY FRIEND,
LEAVE THE NEST AGAIN?
THAT IS VERY SAD,
MAKES ME FEEL SO BAD.
YOU CAN FLY AWAY,
IN THE SKY AWAY,
YOUR MORE LUCKY THAN ME.
YELLOW BIRD, UP HIGH IN BANANA TREE,
YELLOW BIRD, YOU SIT ALL ALONE LIKE ME.
BETTER FLY AWAY,
IN THE SKY AWAY.
PICKER COMING SOON,
PICK FROM NIGHT TO NOON.
BLACK AND YELLOW, YOU,
LIKE BANANA TOO,
THEY MAY PICK YOU SOME DAY.
WISH THAT I WAS A YELLOW BIRD,
I'D FLY FAR AWAY WITH YOU.
BUT I AM NOT,
A YELLOW BIRD,
SO HERE I SIT WITH,
NOTHING ELSE TO DO.
I ALSO HAD A PRETTY GIRL,
SHE'S NOT WITH ME TODAY.
THEY'RE ALL THE SAME,
THE PRETTY GIRLS.
MAKE'EM THE NEST,
THEN THEY FLY AWAY.
