Baltimore Oriole
Took one look at that mercury forty below
No life for a lady
To be draggin ' her feathers around in the snow
Leaving me blue off she flew
To the Tangipaho-down Louisiana
Where a two-tiin ' Jaybird
Met the divine Miss O
I ' d like to ruffle his plumage
That Baltimore Oriole
Messed around with that big guy
Till he singed her wings
Forgivin ' is easy-it ' s a woman like now and then
Could happen to thing
Send her back home
Home ain ' t home without her warbling
How she can sing
Make a lonely man happy Baltimore Oriole
Come down from that bough
Fly to your daddy now
Send her back home
Home ain ' t home without her warbling
How she can sing
Make a lonely man happy Baltimore Oriole
Come down from that bough
Fly to your daddy now