Little Birdies Song
Lyrics:
Way up in the sky (jump high)
The little birds fly (flap arms)
While down in the nest (form nest with arms)
The little birds rest (hands next to head like napping)
Shhh! They're sleeping. (stage whisper shh! say quietly they're sleeping)
With a wing on the left (fold left arm under)
And a wing on the right (fold right arm under)
The little birds sleep (hands next to head like napping)
All through the night.
Shhh! They're sleeping. (stage whisper shh! say quietly they're sleeping)
The BRIGHT SUN COMES UP! (Yell it out and jump high with arms above head)
The dew goes away (hands like banging on a keyboard)
Good morning, good morning, the little birds say (raise arms up and down)
Way up in the sky
The big birdies die
While down in the nest
So do the rest.
Shhh! THEY'RE DYING!
The bright sun comes up.
The blood dries away.
Good morning, good morning the happy hunters say.
The little birds fly (flap arms)
While down in the nest (form nest with arms)
The little birds rest (hands next to head like napping)
Shhh! They're sleeping. (stage whisper shh! say quietly they're sleeping)
With a wing on the left (fold left arm under)
And a wing on the right (fold right arm under)
The little birds sleep (hands next to head like napping)
All through the night.
Shhh! They're sleeping. (stage whisper shh! say quietly they're sleeping)
The BRIGHT SUN COMES UP! (Yell it out and jump high with arms above head)
The dew goes away (hands like banging on a keyboard)
Good morning, good morning, the little birds say (raise arms up and down)
Way up in the sky
The big birdies die
While down in the nest
So do the rest.
Shhh! THEY'RE DYING!
The bright sun comes up.
The blood dries away.
Good morning, good morning the happy hunters say.
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Comments:
Dec 29, 2014 - Jenna Klinger
My mom has a darker version!
Up in the sky, the little birds fly,
While down on the ground, the dead things are found.
With a wing in the nest, And a wing over there,
Look, there's the head, over there, is the rest.
The bright sun comes out, The flesh rots away,
"Good morning, It's breakfast!" Ten thousand flies say.
Dec 20, 2015 - DA
The Girl Scout version of the last verse is:
"Way up in the sky,
The bigger birds fly,
While down in the nest
The little birds rest.
'Shhh, they're resting'"
Not so sinister.
"Way up in the sky,
The bigger birds fly,
While down in the nest
The little birds rest.
'Shhh, they're resting'"
Not so sinister.
Jan 13, 2016 - Theo
Next verse:
I open my eyes, and get out of bed; I open the window and smash that birds head.
Akela's World 1998 & 1999 Camp Counselor. ~Samoset
I open my eyes, and get out of bed; I open the window and smash that birds head.
Akela's World 1998 & 1999 Camp Counselor. ~Samoset
Jun 20, 2016 - Oak
To wake the scouts up, we sing it not so quietly as follows:
Way up in the sky
The big bird is flying
While down in the nest, the baby birds rest
(shouting the rest)
The big sun comes up
The dew melts away
GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING, the baby birds say
We also tend to sing it a bit off key just to be annoying enough that the stubborn scouts get up too.
Way up in the sky
The big bird is flying
While down in the nest, the baby birds rest
(shouting the rest)
The big sun comes up
The dew melts away
GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING, the baby birds say
We also tend to sing it a bit off key just to be annoying enough that the stubborn scouts get up too.
Aug 09, 2016 - Russ
I heard it way differently.
Way up in the sky, the little birds fly, while down in the next, the little birds rest, with a wing on the left, and a wing on the right, the little birds sleep, all through the night. "Ssssshhhhh! The dumb birds are sleeping!" The farmer comes out, with shotgun in hand, boom boom, boom boom, no birds on my land. There's one birdie left, with one broken wing, stomp stomp, stomp stomp,now no birdie is singing.
Way up in the sky, the little birds fly, while down in the next, the little birds rest, with a wing on the left, and a wing on the right, the little birds sleep, all through the night. "Ssssshhhhh! The dumb birds are sleeping!" The farmer comes out, with shotgun in hand, boom boom, boom boom, no birds on my land. There's one birdie left, with one broken wing, stomp stomp, stomp stomp,now no birdie is singing.
Mar 20, 2017 - Michelle
"Then up comes the sun, the dew goes away, good morning, good
morning the little birds say. Then up comes the guns, the birds
fly away. The ones who don't, get their heads blown away." Steiner
version.
May 31, 2018 - John
Way UP in the sky!
The big buzzards fly
While down in the nest,
The little buzzards rest
SHUT UP! THEY’RE SLEEPING!
The black sun comes up!
The dew stays all day
Bad morning!
Bad morning!
The little buzzards say!
The big buzzards fly
While down in the nest,
The little buzzards rest
SHUT UP! THEY’RE SLEEPING!
The black sun comes up!
The dew stays all day
Bad morning!
Bad morning!
The little buzzards say!
Jul 23, 2018 - Peter Zelis
In our boyscout troop we say "...with a wing on the right, a wing
on the left, and a wing in the middle, these birdies aren't
right... mutation! mutation! the little birdies cry."
Jul 13, 2019 - john doe
CSR version:
Way up in the sky (jump high)
The little birds fly (flap arms)
While down in the nest (form nest with arms)
The little birds rest (hands next to head like napping)
out comes the farmer shot gun in hand
bang bang, bang bang is heard through the land
down falls the bird with one broken wing
stomp stomp now no birdies sing
GOOOOD MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Way up in the sky (jump high)
The little birds fly (flap arms)
While down in the nest (form nest with arms)
The little birds rest (hands next to head like napping)
out comes the farmer shot gun in hand
bang bang, bang bang is heard through the land
down falls the bird with one broken wing
stomp stomp now no birdies sing
GOOOOD MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mar 12, 2020 - Sarah
Way up in the sky the little birds fly,
Way down in the nest the little birds rest
With a wing on the left, a wing on the right
The little birds sleep, all through the night
Shhhhhhhh
YOU MIGHT WAKE UP THE BIRDIES
The bright sun comes up
The "Dew Falls A-Way"
Good morning good morning the little birds say
The farmer comes out with shot gun in hand
Bang* bang* bang* bang*
No birds on my land
There's one birdie left with one broken wing
Stomp* Stomp* Stomp* Stomp*
Now no birdies sing
The ambulance comes with stretcher in hand
Cut* Cut* Snip* Snip*
All better again:)))
Way down in the nest the little birds rest
With a wing on the left, a wing on the right
The little birds sleep, all through the night
Shhhhhhhh
YOU MIGHT WAKE UP THE BIRDIES
The bright sun comes up
The "Dew Falls A-Way"
Good morning good morning the little birds say
The farmer comes out with shot gun in hand
Bang* bang* bang* bang*
No birds on my land
There's one birdie left with one broken wing
Stomp* Stomp* Stomp* Stomp*
Now no birdies sing
The ambulance comes with stretcher in hand
Cut* Cut* Snip* Snip*
All better again:)))
Mar 24, 2020 - Mason Carlisle
we usually ended it with different versions, but my favorite
was always:
'BANG BANG! BANG BANG! NO birds on MY land!'
'BANG BANG! BANG BANG! NO birds on MY land!'
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