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Little Birdie

Source Recording: The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys (1963)

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Song Details

Also Known As

Birdie

Songwriter

Traditional

First Release

John Hammond (1925)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Traditional Bluegrass Traditional Old-Time

Themes

Lost Love Animals

Jam Popularity

Source Recording

Artist

The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys

Album

Folk Concert cover

Folk Concert (1963)

Key C Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 168 BPM Length 1:59

Musicians

Ralph Stanley — Lead Vocals, Banjo
Carter Stanley — Guitar
William "Curley" Lambert — Mandolin
Ralph Mayo — Fiddle
Vernon Derrick — Bass

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Musicians

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The Music of Roscoe Holcomb and Wade Ward (1962) Discogs

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Musicians

Roscoe Holcomb

Red Allen and Frank Wakefield

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Musicians

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Musicians

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Chance McCoy and The Appalachian String Band (2008) Discogs

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Musicians

Chance McCoy

Charlie Crockett

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Field Recordings Vol. 1 (2020) Discogs

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Musicians

Charlie Crockett

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