Sarah Vaughan – Lullaby Of Birdland Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

Lullaby Of Birdland Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
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

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

[Verse 3]
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

[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
And there's a weepy 'ol willow
He really knows how to cry
That's how I'd cry in my pillow
If you should tell me farewell and goodbye

[Verse 3]
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

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Song contained in “Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown” album in which, in addition to Sarah Vaughan as singer and Clifford Brown as trumpet player, there are also Jimmy Jones at piano, Roy Haynes at drums and Herbie Mann at flute.
“Lullaby of Birdland” is a 1952 popular song with music by George Shearing and lyrics by George David Weiss under the pseudonym “B. Y. Forster”
The song refers to Birdland, a jazz club started in New York City on December 15, 1949.

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