Little Jazz Bird 1924 'Lady Be Good'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 Apr 2005

Into a cabaret, one fatal day,
a little song bird flew;
'found it so very gay,
he thought he'd stay,
just to get a bird's eye view.
When he heard the jazz band playing,
he was happy as a lark;
to each measure he kept swaying
and he stayed 'till after dark.
Then back to the land he knew,
thrilled through and through,
he sailed on in the air;
called all the other birds,
and in these words,
started gurgling then and there:

I'm a little jazz bird,
and I'm telling you to be one too,
for a little jazz bird is in heaven
when it's singing "blue"
I say it with regret,
but you're out of date;
you ain't heard nothing yet,
'till you syncopate.
When the going is tough
you will find your troubles all have flown,
if you warble your stuff
like the moaning of a saxophone.
Just try my recipe,
and I'm sure you'll agree
that a little jazz bird
is the only kind of bird to be!

I'm a little jazz bird,
and I'm telling you to be one too,
for a little jazz bird is in heaven
when it's singing "blue"
I say it with regret,
but you're out of date;
you ain't heard nothing yet,
'till you syncopate.
When the going is tough
you will find your troubles all have flown,
if you warble your stuff
like the moaning of a saxophone.
Just try my recipe,
and I'm sure you'll agree
that a little jazz bird
is the only kind of bird to be!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Little Jazz Bird 1924 Gershwin
from "Lady Be Good"
Music & Lyrics by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
© 1924 by WB Music Corp. (renewed)
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 10 April 2005 at 00.37
in association with Doug Grierson
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