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.