I’M A LITTLE BLACKBIRD LOOKING FOR A BLUEBIRD

(George W. Meyer, Arthur Johnston)


As recorded by:
Savoy Havana Band, Dir. Reg Batten
Unknown vocalist.
Recorded 23rd September 1926

Also recorded by:
Sidney Bechet / Clarence Williams
Louis Armstrong,
Dick Hyman
Earl Hines
………and others.



I’m a little blackbird looking for a bluebird too
You know little blackbirds get a little lonesome too
And blue
I’ve been all over from east to west
In search of someone to feather my nest
Why don’t I find one the same as you do
The answer must be that I am a hoodoo
I’m a little jazz-bo, looking for a rainbow, too
Building fairy castles same as all the white folks do
That’s true
For love I‘m dyin‘, my heart is cryin’
A wise old owl said keep on tryin’
I’m a little blackbird looking for a bluebird now.




(Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM 
Record Collection by Bill Huntley - October 2013)