“Tweedle-lee-dee-dee-dee,
tweedle-lee-dee dee
Tweedle-lee-dee-dee-dee,
tweedle-lee-dee dee
Tweedle-lee-dee-dee-dee,
tweedle-lee-dee dee
Tweet,
tweet, tweet, tweet
He
rocks in the tree tops all day long
Hoppin’
and a-boppin’ and a-singing his song
All
the little birds on Jaybird Street
Love
to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet
Rockin’
robin (tweet, tweet, tweet)
Rockin’
robin (tweet, tweedle-lee-dee) …”
~ “Rockin’ Robin”
~written by Leon Rene under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas
~ recorded by Bobby Day ~
~ 1958
A
pair of precious American Robin nestlings in a treetop await their mother’s
return with supper on a beautiful late July evening at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Someday
these little nestlings will sing the song God made for the robins to sing … and
sing beautifully!