# Bye Bye Blackbird

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-blackbird/744572>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 29, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-blackbird/744572 "2016-01-29T14:38:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![KittC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@KittC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittC)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-blackbird/744572/1 "2016-01-29T14:38:03Z")

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I always new there was more verses to this Song as my Father sang it but i was missing the one "Bluebird’ so thank you for that.  
I cant understand why so many so called Greats never bothered to record all the Song its a Great Chorus But without the Verses its Nothing Because you don’t know why or what is Happening as to why she is leaving and where she is going, Anyway What a song. Love KittC.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-blackbird/744572/2 "2016-01-29T17:02:52Z")

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What? Who? _What_?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-blackbird/744572/3 "2016-01-29T17:06:01Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> What? Who? _What_?

It’s about a song recorded by The Random Capitals.

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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-blackbird/744572/4 "2016-01-29T17:13:47Z")

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And I thought it was a belated farewell to the SR-71.

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**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-blackbird/744572/5 "2016-01-29T17:34:50Z")

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Shirley Booth did a great tear-jerking rendition of this song on her sitcom “Hazel.” I’m assuming the song you refer to begins, “Pack up all my cares and woe…”? If not, then, as you were. 🙂

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-blackbird/744572/6 "2016-01-29T21:06:27Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> What? Who? _What_?

More to the point, Which? (column)

😕

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-blackbird/744572/7 "2016-01-29T21:24:59Z")

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That’s what threw me. Near as I can tell, there isn’t a column on this up anywhere. Which means the OP found it on a search. Maybe.

[Found it.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1945/what-are-the-rest-of-the-lyrics-to-bye-bye-blackbird)