THE BIRD SHOW 2.28.08

an ode to BIRDS: songs about birds and bird songs...

1) Natural Birds- His Name Is Alive
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2) Blackbirds and Thrushes- Archie Fischer, Will Ye Gang, Love

3) Finch on Sunday- Horsefeathers
4) Red Headed Woodpecker…- Songs of Eastern Birds
5) Bird In The Bush- Frankie Armstrong, Bird In The Bush
6) Voice and Sine Wave excerpt- Wind-Up Bird
7) Your Wings- His Name Is Alive, Detrola
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8) The Blackbird- Dave Swarbrick, Rags, Reels & Airs
9) Raven Girl- Richard and Mimi Farina, Reflections In A Crystal Wind
10) Three Ravens- Black Country Three, V.A.- Anthems in Eden: An Anthology of British and Irish Folk 1955-1978
11) Bird On A Wire- Leonard Cohen

12) Seagull’s Song- Tim Hollier
13) Seagull Sunday- Bridget St. John, Songs For A Gentle Man
14) Only Someone Running- Bonnie Prince Billy & Matt Sweeny, Superwolf
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15) And Your Bird Can Sing- The Beatles, Anthology 2
16) Little Birdie- Gaither Carlton, Clawhammer Banjo Volume Three
17) L’Alouette- Serge Gainsbourg, Les Anees Psychedeliques
18) Jolly Old Hawk- The Watersons, Frost and Fire
19) Little Bird In Coffin Come- Chris Bathgate, ThroatSleep
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Derivations:
20) Cluck Old Hen- Dan Gellert, Waiting on the Break of Day
21) Cluck Old Hen- Wade Ward, Southern Journey, Vol. 2: Ballads And Breakdowns
22) Cluck Old Hen- Wizz Jones, When I Leave Berlin

23) A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off- The Magnetic Fields
24) Rooster Crows At Midnight- Leadbelly, Shout On
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25) Warbler Calls-Songs of Eastern Birds (under talking)
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26) Lovely Little Sparrow- Simon & Garfunkel, Wednesday Morning, 3 a.m.
27) Swamp of the Swan- Micah Blue Smaldone
28) I’ll Fly Away- Kanye West, The College Dropout

29) Old Black Crow- Michael Hurley, Hi-Fi Snock Uptown
30) The Black Crow- Songs: Ohia, The Lioness
31) Blood Red Bird- Smog, Red Apple Falls

32) Turkey In The Straw- Charley Everidge, Southern Journey, Vol. 1: Voices From The American South
33) Turkey In The Straw- Dock Boggs, Folkways Years 1963-1968 (Disc 2)
34) Bird In God’s Garden- Richard and Linda Thompson, The Madness of Love
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35) Swallow Stand- Vashti Bunyan, Another Diamond Day
36) A Swallow Song- Richard and Mimi Farina, Reflections In A Crystal Wind
37) Winter’s Come And Gone- Gillian Welch, Hell Among The Yearlings
38) Bird Flew By- Nick Drake, The Family Tree