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Lullaby Of Birdland

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Lyric by B. Y. Forster
Music by George Shearing (1952)

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Lullaby of birdland, that's what
I always hear, when you sigh
Never in my wordland could there be ways to reveal
In a phrase, how I feel

Have you ever heard two turtledoves
Bill and coo when they love?
That's the kind of magic music we make with our lips
When we kiss

And there's a weepy ol' willow
He really knows how to cry
That's how I'll cry on my pillow
If you should tell me farewell and goodbye

Lullaby of birdland, whisper low
Kiss me sweet and we'll go
Flying high in birdland, high in the sky up above
All because we're in love

And there's a weepy ol' willow
He really knows how to cry
That's how I'll cry on my pillow
If you should tell me farewell and goodbye

Lullaby of birdland, whisper low
Kiss me sweet and we'll go
Flying high in birdland, high in the sky up above
All because we're in love.



Charlie (Bird) Parker, was the sax player, the jazz icon, who was the seminal influence on bebop in the 1940's and the source of other musical inventions throughout his career. The story is that on tour early in his career, the car accidentally ran over a chicken. Charlie insisted they take it to the house they were heading for and have it prepared for dinner rather than waste it; thus, the nickname which lasted the rest of his life - Bird. An addiction to morphine following a car crash in his teens led Charlie to heroin. Mental illness and heavy use of drugs and alcohol all contributed to a chaotic personal and professional life, leading to his early death at 34; the medical examiner thought he was looking at the body of a man between 50 and 60. Although he wanted to be buried in New York and was an atheist, his mother insisted on a Christian burial in his midwest home town. The jazz club, Birdland, in New York honoring Charlie opened in 1949 and is now in its third incarnation.

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from No Strings, released August 22, 2014

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No Strings

No Strings is a Mother/Son duo recording a wide variety of original songs, jazz standards, rock/pop/country/folk songs + spoken word presentations.

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