Bird Song
Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia
Reprinted with permissions: copyright ice Nine Publishing
Hunter includes the dedication "...for Janis" with the lyric as it appears in Box of Rain.
All I know is something like a bird within her sang
All I know she sang a little while and then flew on
Tell me all that you know
I'll show you
Snow and rain
If you hear that same sweet song again, will you know why?
Anyone who sings a tune so sweet is passing by
Laugh in the sunshine
Sing, cry in the dark
Fly through the night
Don't cry now
Don't you cry
Don't you cry any more
La da da da
Sleep in the stars
Don't you cry
Dry your eyes on the wind
La da da da da da
All I know is something like a bird within her sang
All I know she sang a little while and then flew on
Tell me all that you know
I'll show you
Snow and rain
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First performance: February 19, 1971, at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY.
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Recordings
28 Apr 1971 Ladies And Gentleman ... The Grateful Dead
studio 1972 Garcia (Jerry Garcia)
2 Sep 1972 Dick's Picks Vol 11
Sep/Oct 1980 Reckoning