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I'm a Little Blackbird Looking For a Bluebird

by Florence Mills

on Collection (1928)

Never had no happiness
Never had no fun caress
I'm just a little o' beat up humanity, born on a Friday outcast
Blue as anyone can be
Clouds all I ever see
And if the sun forsakes no one, why don't it shine on me
I'm a little blackbird looking for a bluebird ooh
You know little blackbirds, get a little lonesome to
I've been all over from east to the west
In search of someone to feather my nest
Why can't I find one the same as you do
The answer must be
That I'm a hoodoo
I'm a little jazzboat looking for a rainbow through
Building fairy castles, just like all the white folks do
Forlorn and crying, my heart is sighing
But wise ol' Al says to keep on trying
I'm a little blackbird looking for a bluebird ooh