You Are My Little Bird
You Are My Little Bird | ||||
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Studio album by Elizabeth Mitchell | ||||
Released | August 29, 2006 | |||
Genre | Children's music, Folk | |||
Length | 34 minutes | |||
Label | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings | |||
Producer | Elizabeth Mitchell and Warren Defever | |||
Elizabeth Mitchell chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
eMusic | (favorable)[1] |
School Library Journal | (very favorable)[2] |
You Are My Little Bird is an album by Elizabeth Mitchell, released in 2006 by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. The album is a collection of children's music played in a folk music style. In addition to versions of folk tunes, it features covers of a variety of songs by other artists, among them "What Goes On" by The Velvet Underground, Neil Young's "Little Wing", and "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley. On most of the songs, Mitchell is accompanied by family members.[3] The liner notes include personal stories from the artist, but no lyrics.
The song Little Bird, Little Bird was used in the Futurama episode, Lethal Inspection.
Track listing
- "Little Liza Jane" — 2:24
- "Who's My Pretty Baby" — 1:53
- "Zousan (Little Elephant)" — 1:38
- "Little Bird, Little Bird" — 2:28
- "Three Little Birds" — 2:34
- "What Goes On" — 2:54
- "Pom Na Tu Ri (Springtime Outing)" — 1:20
- "Buckeye Jim" — 2:01
- "Peace Like a River" — 2:57
- "Los Pollitos (The Little Chicks)" — 1:50
- "Winter's Come and Gone" — 1:59
- "Little Wing" — 2:38
- "Lily Pond" — 0:59
- "The North Wind" — 0:38
- "If You Listen" — 3:11
- "Down in the Valley" — 2:22
- "Grassy Grass Grass" — 0:56
Critical reception
Warren Truit with School Library Journal called the album "a superb and eclectic group of songs performed uniquely, yet flawlessly."[2]