There Is A Bird- Charles Lolley (E. Riding) 1891 Kidson D
[My title. Single stanza (last) with music. From Traditional Tunes: Volume 7, edited by Frank Kidson, 1891. (Fourth Version- D). His notes follow.
R. Matteson 2017]
The fourth set of the air is thus, and is sung to the last verse.
There Is A Bird- sung Charles Lolley of E. Riding before 1891; Kidson D
[music]
There is a bird in yonder tree,
They say it is blind and cannot see:
I wish it had been the same with me,
Ere my false lover deceived me.