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Artist: Harry Belafonte
Canonical path: /harry-belafonte/missouri-birds
Related lyric paths: 6
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Missouri Birds
Read Missouri Birds lyrics by Harry Belafonte on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Missouri Birds
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Missouri Birds flying over old St. Louis
Hear that song they're singing to me
Go into the world, while you're young
But the preacher's words
Echo from the old church steeple
Stay here with the decent people
Settle down and merry, while you're young
If I go into the world Susanna
Oh will you wait for me
And if I go into the world Susanna
I'll come back and tell you what I've seen
The seeds have change
Blow across the churchyard to me
Tombstone faces see right thru me
Today, so soon tomorrow
And you're old
If I go into the world Susanna
Oh will you wait for me
And if I go into the world Susanna
I'll come back and tell you what I've seen
Missouri birds flying over St. Louis
Hear that song they're singing to me
Go into the world, while you're young
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Harry Belafonte performs "Missouri Birds", and this lyric page sits inside the Harry Belafonte catalog on LyroVerse.
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