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Bird song is a popular subject in poetry. Famous examples inspired by bird song include the 1177 Persian poem "The Conference of the Birds", in which the birds of the world assemble under the wisest bird, the hoopoe, to decide who is to be their king. [161]
The Bird (Jerry Reed song) The Bird on My Head; Bird Walk; Birds (Anouk song) The Birds and the Bees (Jewel Akens song) Blackbird (Beatles song) Blue Bird (Ayumi Hamasaki song) Bluebird of Happiness (song) Bye Bye Blackbird
Learned vocalizations have been identified in groups including whales, elephants, seals, and primates, however the most well-established examples of learned singing is in birds. [29] In many species, young birds learn songs from adult males of the same species, typically fathers. [30] This was first demonstrated in chaffinches (Fringilla coelabs).
Many of the songs favoured by the voyageurs have been passed down to the present era. "Alouette" has become a symbol of French Canada for the world, an unofficial national song. [3] Today, the song is used to teach French and English-speaking children in Canada, and others learning French around the world, the names of body parts.
Among children, it is common to place the ladybird on their hand or blow it from their clothing and make a wish while reciting the rhyme. [ 15 ] A literary variation on the rhyme was written by Caroline Anne Southey , published under the pseudonym "C." early in the 19th century. [ 16 ]
Two little dickie birds sitting on a wall: Both of the exposed, marked, fingers are wiggled to attract attention One named Peter: Wiggle one marked finger, Peter, to attract attention One named Paul: Wiggle other marked finger, Paul, to attract attention Fly away Peter: The Peter hand is quickly drawn back alongside the adult's head.
The English band The Unthanks recorded a version of this song on their 2015 album Mount the Air, [16] and the song appeared in the BBC series Detectorists, and the 4th season of the HBO series True Detective. The American alternative rock band The Innocence Mission featured a song called "One for Sorrow, Two for Joy" on their 2003 album Befriended.
It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7734 and in The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, 2nd Ed. of 1997, as number 394. The rhyme is an improvement of a traditional nursery rhyme "There was an owl lived in an oak, wisky, wasky, weedle."