66. Yellow Bird (Traditional)

[816vm]

i heared that song from my school and here it is!

"Yellow bird, up high in banana tree.

Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me.

Did your lady friend leave the nest again?

That is very sad, Makes me feel so bad.

You can fly away, In the sky away

You're more lucky than me..."

:D

[raymondcrooke]

@816vm Yes, that's how it goes.

[nytalltower]

BANANA

[ChantalleRielly718]

Rip the audio from this track at speedyconversion doht cohm.

[EliteIxHitman]

this song is not sung enough these days one of the best calypso songs i have heard

[jackr2010]

@EliteIxHitman Hi there, this song is not calypso. It is a traditional haitian children son. It is a meringue song called ti'zwazso 'little bird'. Harry Belafonte made an english version called yellow bird. I remembered it from my childhood. Take care.

[herramia99]

bravo!

[chico00566]

Congratulations, I remembered my youth when I sung it....

[jinx1331xnij]

awesome! great job :D

[raymondcrooke]

@jinx1331xnij Thanks.

[sjkalsc]

Thanks for this one Raymond and very well done.************s

[raymondcrooke]

@sjkalsc Thanks, Dianne. Glad you enjoyed it.

[plutoncannon]

nice

[doctorwhocrazy1000]

i strum it differently but you preformed it very well!

[raymondcrooke]

We all have our own way of doing these songs. Vive la différence!

Thanks for your comment.

[Mollywoo18]

My Dad used to sing this to me when I was little. He had a massive stroke and doesn't sing anymore :-(

[raymondcrooke]

I'm sorry to hear that, Mollywoo18. At least you have those happy memories to hold onto.

[ThePsychoKlown]

This is great. :D

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you.

[ChocolateChipsyness]

I gotta learn this song for Girl Scouts Thinking Day

[raymondcrooke]

Good luck. It's quite an easy one to learn.

[loudxvolume]

goood

[raymondcrooke]

thaanks

[rainydog]

Great performance. Thanks for the history write up of Yellow Bird. Nice rhythms too. five stars.

Bill

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for watching, Bill.

[EyeWearMySunglasses]

blue eyed soul! lol

[TooMuchhNick]

How old are you? Your very good at typing and grammar.

[raymondcrooke]

I should be. I was an English teacher! (Now retired - so that sort of answers your question.)

[HengistTheGreat]

LOL. :)

[erbonetti]

im playing stand up bass for my schools choir on this song tomorrow night.

[raymondcrooke]

Good luck. Hope it goes well.

[TooMuchhNick]

Do u take voice lessons?

[raymondcrooke]

I have never taken voice lessons - or guitar lessons either (though that may be obvious).

[TooMuchhNick]

This song is great! I had to sing it for chours and i love the lyrics to it KEEP ON ROCKING! :D

[raymondcrooke]

It must be fun to sing this in chorus. Thanks for your comment.

[prin100cess]

i had to sing this song today at music class

[raymondcrooke]

I'm sure you sang it well.

[ratholin]

fun song. Reminds me of the book Anansi boys.

[benniebenbenny]

First heard this song growing up as a child in Jamaica. Did not know its roots were Haitian! Thanks for the info and very nice rendition too!

Benny.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for your comment, Benny.

[raymond52044]

Thank you Raymond. I had no idea this was Haitian so thanks to the comment giver for their knowledge. Honor to Haiti from the United States.

[raymondcrooke]

Neither did I until I was corrected. It's great to get feedback from people who really know about these songs.

[hovno111111]

very cool

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you.

[lexxboomtown]

my grandfather passed yesterday and he loved this song. we had the music therapist there and she sang him this song his lips moved trying to sing this song and then he passed 20 minutes later

[raymondcrooke]

My condolences on his passing. Music can be so meaningful in our lives.

[Lonedreamer]

This is a lovely version. =)

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks. Glad you like it.

[stewballmax2]

Hello

Raymond...

While viewing another You Tuber's recent rendition,I happened across your interpretation in the related vids on the side bar...so I thought it only proper to have it a go and listen.

Raymond,your calypso version was most inspired and a fresh-sounding rendering of this beloved old chestnut of a ditty.

Peace,

Stewball

[raymondcrooke]

Yes, I saw that rendition too. It's nice to see that my very early videos still sometimes pop up in the related videos area.

[marikun]

Interesting spin on this classic. I have the original LP (Songs of The Caribbean) that the song appeared on, and I've fallen in love with the song.

[raymondcrooke]

It's a very catchy tune. Thanks for commenting.

[MissMe0420]

My music teacher taught us this today! I like your singing!!!

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you. I think I first heard this in music class when I was at school - about 45 years ago.

[cheejn]

this is quite good, but the haitian creole version is way better 'ti s oiseau nan boi ki tape kouten...'

[mustardede]

I like this. :]

I'm singing this in my chorale. I can't wait to preform it!

[raymondcrooke]

Sounds like fun!

[grumpybee02]

Awesome........... I love this song and how you perform it. Thank you

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for your comment. It's one of the songs of my childhood.

[mickycurran]

hi thanks for answering my responce,,,i copied and pasted ,,your web page into address bar...it came back empty ,,cant find any reasonable chord scheme for it on net ,,,its very old song now,,and forgotten ,,,so finding chord arrangment difficult to find

[mickycurran]

sorry bad spelling ...gonna download chords ..can you post your chords..let us have a jam along with you...i cant sing ,,,so enjoy a good fun jam ,,micky

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for your comments. You can find the lyrics and chords of (almost) all my songs on my website: raymondfolkDOTwetpaintDOTcom

Just click on American Songs on the left side and you'll find it (in alphabetical order).

[mickycurran]

i play acoustic so i really apreciate the quality of what your playing ,,sounds almost like a steel drum..clever uses of them treble strokes,,brilliant..goona get chords ,,have a go,,shame i could not see your hand playing chords,,could jammed it with your video,,10 out of ten..micky

[kabecar]

Long live the brave people of Haiti pioneer of freedom and culture in the Americas¡

[heyshins]

Everyone loves "Yellow Bird" not knowing the origins of this popular song made famous by Harry Belafonte after being translated. The original song is called "Choucoune" by Oswald Durand in 1883 in HAITI, Yes Haiti.This song is so old there way before the calypso craze of the 50's. Give us credit, jus as you have never done for us being the 1st New World settlement by Columbus who still has a fortress there, the 2nd republic in the Hemisphere after the only successful slave rebellion in history,

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you for your information. I have updated the information box and my website accordingly.

[heyshins]

That revolution which resulted in the Louisiana Purchase doubling the size of the U.S.,Supplying arms and even men to aid in Bolivar's Revolutions in SouthAmerica, and even the battle against the British in American Independence 1779 "Seige of Savannah" in Georgia, or having the largest fortress ever built in this Hemisphere "La Citadelle LaFerriere" Give us credit for the song at least DAMN!!

[kabecar]

Long live the brave people of Haiti pioneer of freedom and culture in the Americas¡

[trinigyal15]

nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tigereye8593]

great trinidad & tobago song

[Dbzmegaguyyahoocom]

This song is sad for me. My sunny bird died on wedsday April 4th '07. Yay! First comment! Yah though. I Cry every time I hear this song...