[Verse 1]

Baltimore oriole

Took one look at that mercury, forty below

No life for a lady

To be dragging her feathers around in the snow

Leaving me blue, off she flew

To the Tangipahoa down in Louisiana

Where a two-timing jaybird

Met the divine Miss O

I'd like to ruffle his plumage

[Verse 2]

That Baltimore oriole

Messed around with that big guy

Till he singed her wings

Forgiving is easy

It's a woman like, now and then

Could happen to thing

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

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

Send her back home and alone

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