[Dixielandjazz] Bye Bye Blackbird

[Bill Haesler]

> Does anybody have a lead sheet for Bye Bye Blackbird that includes the verse that they could share with me? 

Dear Kevin,
I don't have a full lead sheet for the verse, but this may help.
Kind regards,
Bill.

http://www.jbott.com/blkbrd.html
http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0018912&ref=google

"Bye Bye Blackbird"
1926. Ray Henderson (composer) Mort Dixon (lyrics)
 
[Verse 1]
Blackbird blackbird singing the blues all day
Right outside of my door
Blackbird blackbird who do you sit and say
There's no sunshine in store
All through the winter you hung around
Now I begin to feel homeward bound
Blackbird blackbird gotta be on my way
Where there's sunshine galore.

[Chorus]
Pack up all my care and woe,
Here I go singing low
Bye bye blackbird
Where somebody waits for me,
Sugar's sweet so is she
Bye bye blackbird
No one here can love and understand me
Oh what hard luck stories they all hand me
Make my bed and light the light,
I'll arrive late tonight
Blackbird bye bye.

[Verse 2]
Bluebird, bluebird, calling me far away
I've been longing for you.
Bluebird, bluebird, what do I hear you say?
Skies are turning to blue,
I'm like a flower that's fading here,
Where ev'ry hour is one long tear.
Bluebird, bluebird this is my lucky day.
Now my dreams will come true.