Little birdie, little birdie Come sing to me your song I've a short time to stay here And a long time to be gone Rather be in some dark hollow Where the sun don't ever shine Than for you to be another's Darling and now you'd never be mine Little birdie, little birdie, what makes you fly so high When you know that my true love is waiting in the sky Take me to old dixie, to my old kentucky home Got no father or no mother No place to call my home Little birdie, little birdie Come sing to me your song Well you've caused me lots of trouble And you've caused me to go wrong