HUMMINGBIRD
(Don Robertson)

HUMMIN'BIRD HUMMIN'BIRD SHOULD BE YOUR NAME
(HUMMIN'BIRD SHOULD BE YOUR NAME)
TOO RESTLESS TO SETTLE TOO WILD TO TAME
(TOO RESTLESS TOO WILD TO TAME)
TOO RESTLESS TO SETTLE TOO WILD TO TAME
HUMMIN'BIRD HUMMIN'BIRD SHOULD BE YOUR NAME
(HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM)

HUMMIN'BIRD HUMMIN'BIRD WINGIN' ALONG
(HUMMIN'BIRD WINGIN' ALONG)
NO TENDER YOUNG BLOSSOM CAN HOLD YOU FOR LONG
(NO BLOSSOM CAN HOLD YOU FOR LONG)
NO TENDER YOUNG BLOSSOM CAN HOLD YOU FOR LONG
HUMMIN'BIRD HUMMIN'BIRD WINGIN' ALONG

YOU'D HUG ME AND KISS ME LIKE OTHERS I'VE KNOWN
YOU'D PROMISE TO LOVE ME AND CALL ME YOUR OWN
AND THEN ALL MY DREAMS WOULD BE SHATTERED APART
BY THE HUM HUM OF YOUR HUMMIN'BIRD HEART
(HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM)
(modulate up a tone)
(HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM)

HUMMIN'BIRD HUMMIN'BIRD FEATHERED SO FINE
(HUMMIN'BIRD FEATHERED SO FINE)
IF I CLIPPED YOUR WINGS IT WOULD NOT MAKE YOU MINE
(NO NO IT WOULD NOT MAKE YOU MINE)
IF I CLIPPED YOUR WINGS IT WOULD NOT MAKE YOU MINE
HUMMIN'BIRD HUMMIN'BIRD FEATHERED SO FINE
(HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM)

HUMMIN'BIRD HUMMIN'BIRD FLY RIGHT ON BY
SOME FOLKS LIKE TO GAMBLE BUT DARLIN' NOT I
SOME FOLKS LIKE TO GAMBLE BUT DARLIN' NOT I
HUMMIN'BIRD HUMMIN'BIRD FLY RIGHT ON BY

I'D RATHER BE LONESOME, I'D RATHER BE BLUE
YES I'D RATHER SPEND MY WHOLE LIFE WITHOUT YOU
THAN FEATHER A NEST TO BE SHATTERED APART
BY THE HUM HUM OF YOUR HUMMIN'BIRD HEART
(HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM)
BY THE HUM HUM OF YOUR HUMMIN'BIRD HEART
(HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM HUM..........)

© 1955 Don Robertson Music Corporation
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Licensing: Harry Fox Agency

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