Red-winged Blackbird

     We were working in the yard the past couple of weeks shingling the front of the old barn.  There's always lots of birds around including the Red-winged Blackbird - I was reminded of the song I first heard sung by James Keelaghan - here's the song by David Francey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VQPeyAGdjk

Image cf. Google Images

http://www.rdrn.fanweb.ca/programs/ongoing_programs/innisfail_natural_area.htm

Above: Newly shingled front of Barn.

Here's the words to the song - cf.

http://www.elyrics.net/read/d/david-francey-lyrics/red,,winged-blackbird-lyrics.html

Thought I heard a red winged blackbird,
Red winged blackbird down my road,
Thought I heard a red winged blackbird,
Red winged blackbird down my road.

He'll be there beside the river,
When Winter finally breaks its bones,
He'll be king among the rushes,
He'll be master of his home.

Thought I heard a red winged blackbird,
Red winged blackbird down my road.
Thought I heard a red winged blackbird,
Red winged blackbird down my road.

Safe as Moses in the rushes,
Builds his home on the river wide,
Every time I hear him singing,
Makes me feel like Spring inside.

Thought I heard a red winged blackbird,
Red winged blackbird down my road.
Thought I heard a red winged blackbird,
Red winged black bird down my road.

He'll be in there singing his heart out,
He'll be telling me stories too,
Of where he went to winter last year,
Of how he's going back there too.

Thought I heard a red winged blackbird,
Red winged blackbird down my road,
Thought I heard a red winged blackbird,
Red winged blackbird down my road.