Lullaby Of Birdland

Lullaby Of Birdland de George Shearing.

Oh, lullaby of birdland whisper low
Always here, when you sigh,
Never in my woodland could there be words to reveal
In a phrase how i feel.

Have you ever heard two turtle doves
Bill and coo when they love?
That's the kind of magic music we get from our lips
When we kiss

And there's a weepy old willow
He really knows how to cry
That's how i'd cry in my pillow
If you should tell me farewell and goodbye

Lullaby of birdland whisper low
Kiss me sweet, then we'll go
Flying high in birdland, high in the sky up above
All because we're in love

Lullaby, lullaby

Have you ever heard two turtle doves
Bill and coo when they love?
That's the kind of magic music we get from our lips
When we kiss

And there's a weepy old willow
He really knows how to cry
That's how i'd cry in my pillow
If you should tell me farewell and goodbye

Lullaby of birdland whisper low
Kiss me sweet, then we'll go
Flying high in birdland, high in the sky up above
And it's all because we're in love

NOTAS: La canción transcrita fue escrita por George Shearing y publicada en 1952. Destinada a ser interpretada por una voz femenina, artistas de la talla de Sarah Vaughan y Ella Fitzgerald hicieron suyo un tema inevitable si hablamos de música jazz, otorgándole una elegancia y sofisticación difíciles de igualar.

Sí, el tema habla del beso, a través de una ya clasica visión romántica que tiene relación con la transpolación a un mundo de ensueño, en el que ya el resto deja de existir y sólo importa el beso y "esa clase de magia" que ocurre en medio de él, una especie de "país de las aves" que es el enamoramiento.