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Birds

May 17, 2015 by Mark Shepard

36805752_sThis is arguably the first kid song I wrote. My 3 or 4 year old son Andrew (soon to be 30!) looked up at some birds flying by and said very wisely, “You know dad, birds don’t carry suitcases. They just fly!”  At the time I was struggling with a bunch of financial craziness and so while the song is funny and interactive of kids, it also works on a deeper level for the grownups in the audience. It reminds us to focus on the people who are most important not the “things”.

Eventually, this song led to an entire program called “Birds Don’t Carry Suitcases!” Drums, Songs and Stories about Birds. So we can cover natural history as well as folktales all in one educational and entertaining program for schools or libraries…

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Birds

Song #108   |   October 1988   |   CD: New Songs/Ancient Stories

Birds don’t carry suticases or shopping bags
Birds don’t pledge allegiance to the flag
They just fly.
Fly, fly fly
Birds just fly

Birds do not buy real estate or fancy cars
Birds do not watch people through binoculars
They just fly.
Fly, fly fly
Birds just fly

Birds do not chew bubble gum or smoke cigars
Birds do not play Mississippi Delta blues guitar
They just fly.
Fly, fly fly
Birds just fly

Birds do not dream dreams in foreign languages
Birds do not crave peanutbutter sandwiches
They just fly.
Fly, fly fly
Birds just fly

Birds don’t surf the interent or watch TV
Birds do not like cages they’re a lot like me
They just fly.
Fly, fly fly
Birds just fly

Copyright 1988-2015 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

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Filed Under: Birds, Folk Tales, Native American Folktales, Nature - Environment

About Mark Shepard

Mark is a multi-disciplinary performing and teaching artist who uses drums, songs and stories to interactively engage, entertain and educate audiences of all ages in performance, keynote and staff development programs. In 2014 his song, “Together We Can Change The World” was honored with a Posi Award and is the theme song of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.For Mark's full bio click the link.

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