"Pretty Bird" lyrics - CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS

CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS
"Pretty Bird"
(Hazel Dickens)

Fly away little pretty bird
Fly fly away
Fly away little pretty bird
And pretty always stay
I see in your eyes a promise
Your own tender love you'll bring
But fly away little pretty bird
Cold running spring
Loves own tender flame warm this beating
And loves tender song you'll sing
But fly away little pretty bird
And pretty always stay
I cannot make you a promise
For love is such a delicate thing
So fly away little pretty bird
For it only...
Fly away little pretty bird
Fly fly away fly away little pretty bird
And pretty always stay
Fly far beyond the dark mountains
To where you'll be free ever more
So fly away little pretty bird
Where the cold winter winds don't