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Little Bird of Heaven

Source Recording: Reeltime Travelers (2002)

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Song Details

Songwriter

Martha Scanlan

First Release

Reeltime Travelers (2002)

Genres

Folk Old Time

Themes

Animals

Attributes

Minor Chords

Popularity

Obscure

Source Recording

Artist

Reeltime Travelers

Album

Livin' Reeltime Thinkin Old-Time (2002)

Key C Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 89 BPM Length 3:06 ISRC USSGI0412007

Musicians

Martha Scanlan — Lead Vocals, Guitar
Roy Anrade — Backup Vocals, Banjo
Thomas Sneed — Mandolin
Heidi Andrade — Fiddle
John Hermann — Bass

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Jeanette Williams · Close Kin: A Reunion of Bluegrass and Old-Time Music (2011)

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Musicians

Little Bird of Heaven

1 4

I let out from your back door

1 6m

Kicked an old can fifty miles or more

1 4

Written right there on the side of the can

1 5 1

There’s a little bird of heaven right here in your hand

I looked up and I looked back

Walked a hundred miles on the railroad track

All’s I can tell from where I stand

There’s a little bird of heaven right here in my hand

Well love they tell me is a fragile thing

It’s hard to fly on broken wings

I lost my ticket to the promised land

Little bird of heaven right here in my hand

So toss it up or pass it round

Pay mind to what you’re carryin’ around

Oh keep it close hold it while you can

There’s a little bird of heaven right here in your hand

Fallen hearts and the fallen leaves

Starlings light on the broken trees

I find we all need a place to land

There’s a little bird of heaven right here in your hand

So toss it up or pass it round

Pay mind to what you’re carryin’ around

Oh keep it close hold it while you can

There’s a little bird of heaven right here in your hand

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