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BLUEBIRD by HILDA CONKLING

First Line: OH BLUEBIRD WITH LIGHT RED BREAST
Last Line: THEN . . . GOOD-BY!
Subject(s): BIRDS; BLUEBIRDS;

OH bluebird with light red breast,
And your blue back like a feathered sky,
You have to go down south
Before biting winter comes
And my flower-beds are covered with fluff out of the clouds.
Before you go,
Sing me one more song
Of tree-tops down south,
Of darkies singing their babies to sleep,
Of sand and glittering stones
Where rivers pass;
Then . . . good-by!



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