Shirley Bassey - Bye Bye Blackbird (1975 Shirley Bassey Special)

Shirley performs a classic jazzy upbeat show tune on her 1975 TV Special titled, "Bye Bye Blackbird".

ABOUT the song, Bye Bye Blackbird:
"Bye Bye Blackbird" is a song published in 1926 by the American composer Ray Henderson and lyricist Mort Dixon. It is considered a popular standard and was first recorded by Gene Austin in 1926. There is much speculation about the meaning of the song. At least two commentators (using the same source) attribute the song to a prostitute's leaving the business and going home to her mother. As such, it is the opposite of "House of the Rising Sun", where the prostitute returns to the business. The reason for the song's apparent ambiguity is that the opening verse and the verses about the bluebird are rarely sung. See, for example, the listing at lyricsplayground.

LYRICS - Bye Bye Blackbird:
pack up all my care and woe,
Here I go singing low,
Bye bye blackbird.

Where somebody waits for me,
Sugar's sweet, so is he,
Bye bye blackbird.

No one here can love or understand me,
Oh what hard luck stories, they all hand me.

make my bed and light the light,
I'll arive late tonight,
Blackbird, bye bye.

I'm gonna pack up all my cares and woe,
Here I go singin' low,
Bye bye blackbird.

Where somebody waits for me,
Sugar is sweet, so is he,
Bye bye blackbird.

No one here can love or understand me,
Oh what hard luck stories, they all hand me.

Make my bed and light the light,
I'll arive late tonight
Blackbird, blackbird, blackbird... bye bye