|
Sparrow In the Treetop
|
Guy Mitchell
|
Words and Music by Bob Merrill
|
|
-From "Singing the Blues": Imperial House NU 9880
|
-peak Billboard position # 8 in 1951
|
-competing versions also charted by Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters (#8)
|
-and Rex Allen #28)
|
|
INTRO
|
|
Sparrow in the treetop, sparrow in the treetop
|
Though he loves his mate
|
Sparrow in the treetop, sparrow in the treetop
|
Scared of goin' home because it's too darn late
|
|
Don't look at me, sweetheart, with scorn in your eyes
|
Been out all night, gonna tell you no lies
|
Stopped in one place, heard them singin' a song
|
|
Like a lonely sparrow, started singin' along
|
|
Just singin' (GUY AND BACKUP SINGERS TOGETHER)
|
|
(Sparrow in the treetop, sparrow in the treetop)
|
(Though he loves his mate)
|
(Sparrow in the treetop, sparrow in the treetop)
|
Scared of goin' home because it's too darn late
|
|
In walked a blonde and, dear, she asked me to dance
|
I told that blonde that there wasn't a chance
|
I love my kids and my beautiful wife
|
|
That's the honest truth, dear, and I swear by my life
|
|
-GUY AND FEMALE SINGERS SING (Sparrow in the treetop,
|
sparrow in the treetop Though he loves his mate, Sparrow in the treetop, sparrow
|
in the treetop, Scared of goin' home because it's too darn late)
|
while MALE SINGERS sing tavern singin' songs>
|
|
There's things I am sweetheart, and things that I ain't
|
'cause I'm a man and a man is no saint
|
Won't you forgive 'cause I'm tellin' you true
|
<'cause I'm tellin' you true>
|
I was in the tavern only thinkin' of you
|
|
Just singin' (GUY AND BACKUP SINGERS TOGETHER)
|
|
(Sparrow in the treetop, sparrow in the treetop)
|
(Though he loves his mate)
|
(Sparrow in the treetop, sparrow in the treetop)
|
Scared of goin' home because it's too darn late
|
|
(Just singin')-GUY AND FEMALE SINGERS SING (Sparrow in the treetop,
|
sparrow in the treetop Though he loves his mate, Sparrow in the treetop, sparrow
|
in the treetop, Scared of goin' home because it's TOO DARN LATE!!)
|
while MALE SINGERS sing tavern singin' songs>
|
|
|
|
-----------------
|
Sparrow In The Treetop
|
| Guy Mitchell |
