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The Little Boids

from Geneva's Shore by Poke O'Swedgers

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“Spring iz sprung,
da grass iz riz,
I wonder where dem boidies iz?
Da little boids iz on da wing.
Ain’t dat absoid?
Da little wings iz on da boid"

The Brooklyn National Anthem - as far as we know, the author is anon.

lyrics

Tell me Richard, Dicky Bird
Why your song is so absurd
About what you seen and what you heard
About all the birds in the green wood

Sing me the song of Jacky Daw
Where he’ll be tomorrow and where he’s been beforeB
And what he’s heard and what he’s saw
‘mongst all the birds in the green wood

Sing me the song of Robin Redbreast
About who he’s used to feather his own nest
Who he hates and who he loves best
Of all the birds in the green wood

Tell me Richard, Dicky Bird
Why your song is so absurd
About what you seen and what you heard
About all the birds in the green wood

Sing me the song of Margaret Pie
How she longs for the colours of the butterfly
But she’s black and white, that Maggie Pie
Of all the birds in the green wood

Sing me the song of the gaudy Jay
He longed to be plain, not a floral bouquet
A mod, not a hippie, but he was born this way
Like all the birds in the green wood

Tell me Richard, Dicky Bird
Why your song is so absurd
About what you seen and what you heard
About all the birds in the green wood

Sing me the song of young Tom Tit
He’s made a House with Martin and they plan to live in it
And holler at the neighbours and swear and spit
At all the birds in the green wood.

Sing me the song of Jenny Wren
About why she loves the birds and how she hates men
And why she slowly counts to ten
Amongst the trees in the green wood

Music and lyrics © David Banks, January 2020

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from Geneva's Shore, released August 20, 2021
Kev McInally - Vocal
Dave Banks - Guitar, backing vox, wissling

Mixed and mastered by Steve Swallow

Music and lyrics © David Banks, January 2020

ISRC: UK-DVB-21-00010

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Poke O'Swedgers Chesterfield, UK

Poke O'Swedgers are Kev and Dave. Kev sings beautifully. Dave fumbles around with guitar. They write their own rhapsodies - delicate folk tales of impossible romance, computer programming and quantum physics. Their songs have a slight Scottish tang.

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