Tell us your favorite "bird" song - Freeper Canteen - 17 April 2015

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[AZamericonnie]

Favorite "Bird" Songs

*Video*

Where Eagles Dare - Iron Maiden


It's snowing outside the rumbling sound
of engines roar in the night,
The mission is near the confident men
are waiting to drop from the sky.

The Blizzard goes on but still they must fly
No one should go where eagles dare.

Bavarian alps that lay all around
they seem to stare from below,
The enemy lines a long time passed
are lying deep in the snow.

Into the night they fall through the sky
No one should fly where eagles dare.

They're closing in the fortress is near
it's standing high in the sky,
The cable car's the only way in
it's really impossible to climb.

They make their way but maybe too late
They've got to try to save the day.

The panicking cries the roaring of guns
are echoing all round the valley,
The mission complete they make to escape
away from the Eagles Nest.

They dared to go where no one would try
they chose to fly where eagles dare.



*Video*

When The Eagle Cries - Iced Earth

Another day, just like any other
Out of the blue, it turned to horror
How could they? Why would they?
The innocents suffered hell's inferno
An senseless act that goes unforgotten
How could they? They will pay

When the eagle cries
When the eagle cries
When the eagle cries
When the eagle cries
When the eagle cries

Out of the ashes came a tempted vengeance
But we are focused, we seek redemption
We are free, we'll stay free
All they've done, is make us stronger
The sleeping giant, is asleep no longer
If need be, we'll die free

When the eagle cries
(Blood will flow)
When the eagle cries
(For freedom's fight)

When the eagle cries
(We love us all)
When the eagle cries
(We'll sacrifice)
When the eagle cries

When the eagle cries
(Blood will flow)
When the eagle cries
(For freedom's fight)

When the eagle cries
(We love us all)
When the eagle cries
(We'll sacrifice)
When the eagle cries

[PROCON]

Happy FRiday Beachie!

In to the Canteen late again. Beautiful weather and mid 70's this weekend and beyond, perfect for some outdoor activities. I'm travelling to Seattle next weekend.

What's up your way this weekend?

See ya next week.

[Radagast the Fool]

One of my faves, thanks!! :)

[GSWarrior]

I am late to the party.

Grand Drive — Birdsong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjQ0BPfpYxI

[smalltownslick]

Marianne Faithfull – This Little Bird
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyfPiKoypxQ

Nana Mouskouri and Julio Iglesias – La Paloma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-TorkK-x6M

Slim Whitman – Paloma Blanca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd4Zy77fDpo

Chet Atkins and Friends (actually from Asleep at the Wheel album) – Red Wing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oXHo4ynHxk

Stoney Edwards – Blackbird
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkATTkgBVuk

Jack Scott – Before the Bird Flies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkATTkgBVuk

Conway Twitty – Is a Bluebird Blue (early Dan Penn)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h80YDcTksiI

Richard and Mimi Farina – Swallow Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHNSAK-iWy0

Jerry Reed – The Bird
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXednSuS1lw

The Browns – Lonely Little Robin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah35rBVeiUY

John Stewart – Missouri Birds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_deZNwnSTA

Honorable Mentions
Johnny Preston – Running Bear (Little White Dove)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PfrpcqLyzY

Ray Stevens – Butch Babarian (He swallered a swaller)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYGklrLijks

[greene66]

Good grief, you found it! I guess just about everything is available on the internet nowadays. This one was pretty darned obscure/rare.

[greene66]

Yep, that’s it. Gene Austin’s “Bye Bye Blackbird,” circa 1926. That must have been a HUGE seller. I’ve encountered copies of the record many times in numerous estate sales over the years.

Always seemed strange how Austin, who was one of the biggest record-sellers of his day, became so relatively forgotten. I have a copy of the little b-western he starred in for Grand National in the late-30s, when his fame was already on the wane. Always heard he had a record store in my hometown during his later years, but never pinned the info down. His daughter was an actress, Charlotte Austin, who appeared in some low-budget fare in the 1950s, including a notoriously bad horror film about a woman who thinks she’s the reincarnation of an ape... or something like that. “The Bride and the Beast” I think it’s called. A real howler. I think she’s still around, though.

[AnAmericanMother]

From the "Des Knabens Wunderhorn" -

That one always gives me a shiver . . . "Da ist mein Haus, von grünem Rasen - that is my house, (under) the green turf", and you'll join me there within the year . . . < shudder >

another of Mahler's ghosts . . .

[Publius]

It’s a constant theme in German folk poetry, and you can see its appeal to Mahler.

[Fresh Wind]

White Dove-The Stanley Brothers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtjFY3WpLIE

[dfwgator]

Rook - XTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idLElTiWRKc

[Fresh Wind]

Hank Williams-I’m So Lonsome I Could Cry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WXYjm74WFI

[AZamericonnie]

Wow.....great list!!!

[AZamericonnie]

Hiya Warrior! *Hugs*

Such beautiful birds in that vid!

[donna]

I’m a day late:

THE EVERLY BROTHERS, “Bird Dog”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I65PxlOlHA4

Johnny is a joker (he’s a bird)
A very funny joker (he’s a bird)
But when he jokes my honey (he’s a dog)
His jokin’ ain’t so funny (what a dog)
Johnny is a joker that’s a’tryin’ to steal my honey (he’s a bird dog)

[AZamericonnie]

Does a Blue Canary night light count?

Well of course it does! :) *Hugs*

[AZamericonnie]

Hahaha! Never heard that one Donna & very clever tune! *Hugs*

[AZamericonnie]

On occasions she still sings it to me, and we both smile. We are celebrating our 40th in September.

Oh sniff! I love this story & sentiment Michael. Wishing you 40 more!! *Hugs*

[AZamericonnie]

Hiya Figi!! *Hugs*

[Intolerant in NJ]

Mrs. I and daughter thank you - they want to give an assist on “Bye Bye Blackbird” by Gene Austin to Mrs. I’s late mother, who used to sing it and “Blue Skies” all the time while working around the house.......

[smalltownslick]

Thank you! I love these music threads.