Baltimore oriole Took one look at that 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 tangipaho - down in louisiana Where a two - timin' jaybird Met the divine miss o I'd like to ruffle his plumage That baltimore oriole Messed around with that big guy Till he singed her wings Forgivin' is easy - it's a woman like, now and then Could happen to thing Send her back home Home ain't home without her warbling How she can sing Make a lonely man happy, baltimore oriole Come down from that bough Fly to your daddy now
Baltimore oriole Took one look at that 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 tangipaho - down in louisiana Where a two - timin' jaybird Met the divine miss o I'd like to ruffle his plumage That baltimore oriole Messed around with that big guy Till he singed her wings Forgivin' is easy - it's a woman like, now and then Could happen to thing Send her back home Home ain't home without her warbling How she can sing Make a lonely man happy, baltimore oriole Come down from that bough Fly to your daddy now
