Hank Snow Snowbird Lyrics

Snowbird Lyrics

Ducks flying south and the rich men also

  Heading for the beaches where the warm Gulf winds blow

  And I'm going too, I can hear that whistle cry.

  'Cause I'm the kinda' bird that has to navigate

  Tourist class on a southbound freight

  But this snowbird's gonna' come back by and by



CHORUS



  'Cause the ground's too cold for this poor boy's sandals

  People won't stop so I can't panhandle.

  So goodbye Denver I'll see you again next spring.

  The cop on the beat even seems a little friendly

  He knows this cold weather's gonna send me

  South to Dixie the snowbird's on the wing.





  My health's good enough, but my wardrobes thinner

  If I don't head south I'm gonna' freeze this winter.

  So the railroad line's gonna' have an unknown guest.

  I'm gonna' vacate, but it's no vacation. 

  When the train pulls into some southern station

  You can tell every body that the snowbird's on his nest.