Lyrics
(Melody by C.H. Hohmann, publ. 1920, Lyrics by Eugene Field)
1. There once was a bird that lived up in a tree
And all he could whistle was fiddle-dee-dee.
2. Oh fiddle oh fiddle, oh fiddle-dee-dee,
And all he could whistle was fiddle-dee-dee.
See also
- Subject: bird
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Meter: 3
- Scale: major
- Source: The Progressive Music Series for Basal Use in Primary, Intermediate, and Grammar Grades, McConathy, Parker, Miessner, Birge, 1920
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
