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Hummingbird Song by harpgirl
Today I saw a hummingbird
Flyin in my backyard
He was pokin his head in the flowers
Tastin each one in the yard
That pretty green bird he flew
Sippin that sweet honeydew
Hoverin and dartin in the morning sun
Fly off when he's through
Reminds me of a man
With a spirit flyin free
He came on down from North Platte town
And here he courted me
Hummingbirds are like the men
Soar with the fickle wind
There they're in your flowers
Then they're off again
So I'm just sittin and rockin
To the rhythm of the blowin wind
Singin and watchin from the backporch
For the hummingbird again
He'll come and taste my flowers
Sippin to his heart's content
Then he flies away so daggone fast
I don't see where he went
Suddenly he's flyin back
I see he's got a friend
Sailing around my flowers
Riding on the wind
Come on over you pretty bird
I'm sure we haven't met
How do you like my flowers
Are they sweet as a baby's breath
I'd like to try to catch you
Keep you in a cage
Have you for my very own
Until my dyin day
But I'm gonna keep on rockin
And let you birds fly free
You'd no more love just one kind of flower
Than that boy only me
Than that boy only me
Than that boy only me