Two Little Dicky Birds - The Nursery Rhyme Collections

Two little dicky birds
Sitting on a wall
One named Peter
One named Paul
Fly away Peter
Fly away Paul
Come back Peter
Come back Paul

Peter was a little finch
Who liked to fly up high
He was only happy when
Soaring through the sky
Paul on the other hand
Would like to stay down low
Just above the hedgerows
Is as high as he would go

They like to meet on Tuesdays
When the sky is bright,
They’d always fly from far and wide
Enjoyed to take the flight
They’d both fly to the wall
And land if it was clear,
But then would take the flight again
If someone wandered near

Two little dicky birds
Sitting on a wall
One named Peter
One named Paul
Fly away Peter
Fly away Paul
Come back Peter
Come back Paul

They’d tweet about
the things they’d seen
The places and the people
Pete would find the highest church
And land upon the steeple.
Paul would mention little things
like flowers and plants and weeds
He thinks so very fondly
Of eating farmer's seeds.

Paul was just a sparrow
Who likes to make his way
Around about the apple trees
He loved it he would say
When they met it seemed just right
They wouldn’t mind the weather
They simply loved it
As they flew around together

Two little dicky birds
Sitting on a wall
One named Peter
One named Paul
Fly away Peter
Fly away Paul
Come back Peter
Come back Paul
Come back Paul
Come back Paul
Come back Paul

Words: Traditional
Additional Lyrics & Music: Ian J Watts