Lyr Req: I see a little bird

Subject: I see a little bird
From: GUEST,will bakker
Date: 18 Oct 02 - 04:58 AM

A very long time ago I did a search on a song without any results.The first line of the song is "I see a little bird that is sitting on a treetop". There are also some spanish words in the song.

Subject: RE: I see a little bird
From: GUEST,Martin Ryan
Date: 18 Oct 02 - 06:07 AM

Calypso?

I hear a faint ghost of the chorus, alright

Regards

Subject: RE: I see a little bird
From: Micca
Date: 18 Oct 02 - 06:18 AM

I seem to recollect something along the lines of ( and this maybe be Very faulty memory)
" I see a little bird that is sitting in the treetops
I see a little bird that is sitting in the treetops"
Then something that sounded Spanish (or maybe Portugese in the light of the next 2 lines)Then
Fly my Brazilian love bird
Fly to the one I love....
Please wont you tell him
That I'm the one who cares
please bring to me the aswer."
It MIGHT have been Nina and Frederik? 60S?

Subject: RE: I see a little bird
From: GUEST,Martin Ryan
Date: 18 Oct 02 - 06:44 AM

Micca

Yes - Nina and Frederik sounds right. I recognise most of your recollection, OK

Regards

Subject: RE: I see a little bird
From: Bagpuss
Date: 18 Oct 02 - 06:54 AM

Maybe you should contact Nina and Frederik via their website and ask them about it.

Subject: RE: I see a little bird
From: Will Bakker
Date: 18 Oct 02 - 11:24 AM

Yes, Micca, that's the one! I will try to see whether it is Nina&Frederik or not. Thanks!

Subject: RE: I see a little bird
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 18 Oct 02 - 11:40 AM

The website is not the original N&F though - They'd have a job - Frederic was shot dead during a dodgy deal in Cuba in the 1980's if I remember rightly! The singing duo had split up by then and Nina was pursuing a career in acting.

Eeeeh - I'm a mine of useless information...

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: I see a little bird
From: Will Bakker
Date: 18 Oct 02 - 11:52 AM

Well, I think the title must be "Brazilian Love Bird", but I cannot find it under Nina & Frederik.

Subject: RE: I see a little bird
From: Snuffy
Date: 18 Oct 02 - 06:01 PM

Try Nat King Cole

Subject: Nina & Frederik discography
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 20 Oct 02 - 03:03 AM

Here's a partial Nina & Frederik discography, copied from here:
http://www.bsnpubs.com/atlantic/atco101265.html
Does anybody recognize the title of the song we've been discussing?

Atco 33-119/SD 33-119 - Introducing the Fabulous Nina and Frederik - Nina & Frederik [1960] Listen to the Ocean/Jacob's Ladder/Mango Vendor/Oh, Sinner Man/Time for Man Go Home/Let's Put Out the Lights (And Go to Sleep)/Sippin' Cider/Nine Hundred Miles/I Would Amour Her/You Can't Get to Heaven on Roller Skates/Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen

Atco 33-128 - Nina and Frederik With Louis Armstrong - Nina and Frederik [1961] Issued in monaural only. Formula For Love/Wondrous, Wondrous Love/Struttin' With Some Barbecue/Voodoo Girl/So Long, Emile/Hello, Pretty One/Carnival/My Home Town/Triste Vida/It's Been a Long, Long Time/Maladie D'amour'/Bury Me Where She Passes By

Atco 33-154 - Where Have All the Flowers Gone - Nina and Frederik [1963] Monaural only. 7 Daffodils/Sucu Sucu/Tirtomba/Time of Man/Little Shepard Boy/Billy Boy/Counting Colors/Long Time Boy/Vaya Con Dios/Inch Worm/Limbo

Atco SD 33-217 - Lovers of the World Unite - Nina and Frederik [1967] Lovers of the World Unite/It's Not Just Any Kind of Day/The Many Faces of Love/What a Pretty Color/Dawn/You Saved the Day//Summer Love/Elizabeth and Richard 1 and 2/Magic Book/Just Like a Rose/Pourquoi J'aime Paris/Only When I'm Lonely Am I Free

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I see a little bird
From: Sorcha
Date: 20 Oct 02 - 09:38 PM

Found several sites where it is mentioned as a "standard". If so, why are the lyrics not on line somewhere?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I see a little bird
From: Will Bakker
Date: 22 Oct 02 - 01:27 PM

Sorcha, then you're a better researcher than I am. What do they give as the title of the song?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I see a little bird
From: Will Bakker
Date: 15 Nov 02 - 03:26 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I see a little bird
From: Sorcha
Date: 16 Nov 02 - 10:44 AM

Now I can only find one.......click here. I swear the other day I found a couple more. I'll keep digging.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I see a little bird
From: Will Bakker
Date: 18 Nov 02 - 03:32 AM

Yes Sorcha, that's the only one I can find too. Could it have been a hit in Europe, more than in the USA, because here in Holland lots of people know this song, but nobody knows who sang it.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I see a little bird
From: Mr Happy
Date: 02 Jan 04 - 05:39 AM

Will,

Could be 'Yellow Bird'.Here:@displaysong.cfm?SongID=7993

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I see a little bird
From: Mr Happy
Date: 02 Jan 04 - 05:49 AM

also might be 'Long Time Boy'- see new Lyr Req thred

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