Intro | | | | | | Verse Baltimore Oriole Took a look at that mercury, forty below No life for a lady | To be draggin' her feathers around in the snow Bridge Leaving me blue, off she flew To the Tangipaho, down in Louisiana Where a two, timin' Jaybird Met the divine Miss O I'd like to ruffle his plumage Verse That Baltimore Oriole Messed around with that big guy | Till he singed her wings Forgivin' is easy It’s a woman like, now and then Could happen to thing Bridge Send her back home Home ain't home without her warbling How she can sing Make a lonely man happy, Baltimore Oriole | Come down from that bough Solo | | | | Bridge Send her back home Home ain't home without her warbling How she can sing Make a lonely man happy, Baltimore Oriole | Come down from that bough | Fly to your daddy now Solo | | | | | | | | | | (fade during last four bars)