Blue jay pulled a four-horse plow.
Sparrow, why can't you?
'Cause my legs is little and long
And they might get broke in two.
Redbird sittin' on a sycamore limb,
Singin' out his soul.
A big black snake crawled up that tree
And swallowed that poor boy whole.
Wild geese flyin' through the air,
Through the sky so blue
They're now a-floatin' where the south-wind blows
So why not me and you?
Sparrow, why can't you?
'Cause my legs is little and long
And they might get broke in two.
Redbird sittin' on a sycamore limb,
Singin' out his soul.
A big black snake crawled up that tree
And swallowed that poor boy whole.
Wild geese flyin' through the air,
Through the sky so blue
They're now a-floatin' where the south-wind blows
So why not me and you?