[Dixielandjazz] Song Bird

[Robert S. Ringwald]

A woman walks into a pet store wanting to buy a songbird. As she's 
looking.  she hears this bird singing beautifully and as if in a trance 
she follows the sound of the song.  There in the cage is this cheerful 
songbird happily singing her little heart out.  
 
A sign reads, "One-thousand dollars for the pair."  She looked deeper 
into the cage and way in the back she saw this other haggard bird with 
it's head down, shaking it left to right.  
 
The clerk came over and the woman said, "How much for just the 
songbird?"
 
The clerk said, "I'm sorry, you'll have to buy the pair."  
 
The woman said, "But that other bird is so haggard and looks so 
depressed and he's hanging his head and shaking it back and forth.  This 
bird is so happy and singing so beautifully.  Why do I have to buy that 
other bird?"  
 
The clerk said, 
 
"Because he's the arranger."