Baltimore Oriole

[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