Little Jazz Bird Words by Music by IRA GERSHWIN GEORGE GERSHWIN Scherzando Piano Mit Moderato my In-to a cab-a -ret, one fa-tal day a lit tle song -bird =~ se —=-—_~. ——_—— mp semplice =a Found it so ve-ry gay, he thought hed stay, Just to = : ——=—=—=—=—=<. | "a Copyright MCMXXIV by HARMS Inc., NT. 7808-5 Ixternationad Copyright Secured ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Including public performance for profit,get a birds eye > He was Play - ing, mea - sure he kept Then back 7805-8 sway - ing; And he to the land he knew, thrilled through and through, He ———_~. the jazz -band stayed “till af - ter SSLCalled all the oth- er birds, atempo and in thesewordsStart-ed gurg-ling then and there: rr a ft Per ( Refrain lit-tle jazz bird, And Im tell-ing you to be one, too, ——_______ For a lit-tle jazzbird Is in Heav-en when it’s sing- ing nwa vrif I say it with re - gret;- — rrr |b But youre out of dates You aint heard noth-ing yet, aT — r - “Till you syn - co - pate. © When the —go-ing is rough you will — find your troub-les all have flown, =war-ble your stuff Like the moan-ing of a sax-o - phone. ie Just try my re-ci- pe,— And In sure_youll a- or a ina That a lit-tle jazz bird Is the on-ly kind of bird to 2 poco rit Imu be- e - ef = = poco nthe é FLU P 7808-5