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voiceCollected by Parler Mrs. Ruby Abel Huntsville, Ark. August 12, 1958 Reel 308, Item 14 The Birdie's Ball Learned from her mother, about 1918, at Ola, Ark. Spring once said to the nightingale, I mean to give you birds a ball, Pray my mass, the birdies all, The birds and the birdies great and small Refrain: Tra la la la la la (8 times) The coocoo and the wren they danced for life, The raven waltzed with the yellowbird's wife, The opera dow and the bashful jay Wished each other a very good day. Refrain.Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation