I recently had a request for a comp about flying and more specificaly high flyin bird. Originally recorded by Judy Henske around 64 it began to take root as a highly recorded tune by very many artists. The song's original writer Billy Edd Wheeler recorded his own version in 67. Jefferson Airplane played the song as one of it's staples and it brought even more awareness to the music scene and it's artists Here are a few versions .
There's a high flying bird up in the sky
And I wonder if that bird looks down as he flies by
Riding on the air so easy in the sky
Sun comes along, lights up the sky
And when he gets tired he slides on over the way
East to the west he gets gone every day
But lord, look at me here
Rooted like a tree here
I got the sit down, can't cry
Oh lord, I'm gonna die blues
I used to have an old man, he worked in the mines
He never saw the sunlight by, oh lord he kept on a-trying
Then one day my daddy he up and died
My old man up and died
My daddy up and died
He had to fly away
And the only way to fly was to die
There's a high flying bird up in the sky
And I wonder if that bird looks down as he flies by
Riding on the air so easy in the sky
But lord, look at me here
Rooted like a tree here
I got the sit down, can't cry
Oh lord, I'm gonna die blues
01 judy henske
02 billy edd wheeler
03 catchin 'grapes
04 h p lovecraft
05 ritchie havens
06 rejoice
07 simone dina
08 carolyn hester
09 au go go singers
10 alta delacruz
11 good time singers
12 jefferson airplane
13 gram parsons
14 balladeers
15 zephyr
16 boss & the conch shells
17 ill wind
18 wizards from kansas
19 shaw,allen and shaw
20 rookies
21 plague
22 doghouse friday
23 possum river
24 neil young & crazy horse
