Color Classic No. 4: The Song of the Birds (1935)

[thisguy45ful]

whats a boy of that age doing with a bb gun

[ThatPurplyThing]

This is like the Little Audrey one.

[DarkApteryx]

i share in Shamus8b8's joy. Cant believe i can see it again =) Still makes me cry everytime xD;;

[Shamus8b8]

YES I FINALLY FOUND IT! I had a VHS when I was little that was a compilation of Walter Lantz cartoons, this was the one I remember most vividly.

[deafmonk19]

i finally found this one i had it stuck in my mind since i was little

[alexwillow]

Am only 21 and i used to watch these cartoon my nana got them all on tape for me and my sister when wee were kids,when i though that baby bird was dead i cryed when i was little i was horrifed . haha

[MeetTheseIronFists]

GAH! I've been watching old cartoons all stinkin day long, looking for THIS one.

Dont get me wrong, it was great looking at all the rest but I FOUND IT FINALLY!! <3

[xvandyx]

Thank you for bringing my childhood back to life. :)

[Stephen10528]

This is similar to an Andy Griffith episode where Opey (I don't know if I have his name spelled right.) accidentally shoots a mother bird.

[KAZZTHECAT]

i once killed a dove and then captured some in the door,....after it was dead i felt very bad...and vowed never again to Kill the birds....

[tbone2004]

I find it hard to believe that this tragedy was remade two times. First as "The Playful Polar Bears", another Color Classic, and then into a Little Audrey cartoon, which were all just as heartbreaking. They all share one thing in common...

Just when it seems all hope is lost, when hearts come together in sorrow, somehow everything will be alright in the end.

So thank you, Max Fleischer and Paramount. You really know how to tell a story! =D

[babygiraffe123]

This cartoon would really frighten me when I was a kid. My mom always told me that I'd cry hysterically whenever I saw it. Years later, I still get a little teary, seeing it again.

[Arial14]

I watched this as a child as well! I think I have it recorded on VHS somewhere :)

[nony5]

I watched this as a child. How nostalgic.

[LudaZena1228]

naj lepsi crtani na svetu i najtuznija pesma na svetu...o, kako sam plakala dok sam bila klinka, a ni sad mi nije svejedno...

[MRZBROWN311]

luv this episode i gt it on tape and tried to watch it yesterday and lik da part were da all prayed and he kame bk to live messed up and i so sooooo mad!!!!! im happi nw dat i found it!!!

[Themizuwolf]

Thank you so much. It's kinda weird how I remembered to look for this cartoon.

I was in a thrift shop with my lil sis and I was looking at the old vhs selection they had and one of the vhs tapes was one that I had as a little kid and this cartoon was on the tape along with Raggedy Ann in the enchanted square. 8D

[LittleRachael]

This used to make me so sad when I was a kid. Now I find the funeral scene kind of creepy, haha.

[CharlieNframe]

I remember this cartoon, watching it on our b&w TV over 45 years ago.

I get tears forming every time the boy cries in thankfulness to God for bringing the bird back to life.

But Betty Boop and Pudgy in "Little Nobody" gets my vote as the greatest and most heProxy-Connection: keep-alive

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t-warming cartoon

[treblanevuts]

i used to cry when i was kid

im gonna find the way to download or find it in MU to burn in a dvd to watch in the tv like a kid. lol

Perfect Upload.! Tnhx

[stephenmc81]

I used to love this cartoon!

I had this on vhs and it had a few cartoons on it including, "Happy Go Lucky", "Small Fry", The one with the cat and the rats, and the one with the blind girl that finds this doll that comes to life.

[AlarusOne]

It's totally amazing to me that such a simple media has the power to demonstrate good and evil, joy and pain in such stark and unmistakable terms. Fantastic work really and so basic to the core of what we believe is right or wrong.

Thanks for sharing this piece of art. I've never seen it before, but I won't soon forget it. :)

[sierrafunkness]

OMG I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR YRS IM 22 and i remember this from like 5 it was my fav it made me sad

[fromthesidelines]

This was indeed remade as a 1949 "Noveltoon", (featuring "Little Audrey") under the same title...

[AngelAbove00]

this also made me cry as a kid..what a traumatizing experience lol

[tec429]

YO i NEVER thought I'd see this again... YO THIS WAS A FLASH BACC

[Treemeadow]

Have you seen the ending of Futurama Epsiode "Jurrasic Bark". It was Emmy nominated.

[CrazyKoopaCat]

I remember my grandmother tellin me about this cartoon...sheesh...now i know what she means.

[Jal8919536]

This was remade with Little Audrey.

[Rkerekes13]

The baby bird's soooo cute!