Little birdie, little birdie Won't you sing to me your song Got a short time to stay here And a long time to be gone I'd rather be in some dark holler Where the sun don't never shine Than for you to be another man's darling And to know you'll never be mine Little birdie, little birdie What makes you fly so high When you know that my true lover Is waiting in the sky Little birdie, little birdie Won't you sing to me your song You've caused me lots of trouble What you've caused me too, too long