[Intro]
One, two, three
[Verse 1]
Baltimore Oriole
Took a look at the 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 Tangipahoa
Where a two-timin' jaybird
Met the divine Miss O
I'd like to ruffle his plumage
[Verse 2]
Baltimore Oriole
Messed around with the big guy 'til he singed her wings
Forgivin' is easy
It's a woman-like, now-and-then-could-happen-to-us thing
Send her back home
Home ain't home without her warbling
How she could sing
Make a lonely man happy
Baltimore Oriole
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
Send her back home
Home ain't home without her warbling
How she could sing
Make a lonely man happy
Baltimore Oriole
[Outro]
Come down off that bough
Fly back home to your daddy now
Baltimore Oriole
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