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Artist: Malvina Reynolds
Canonical path: /malvina-reynolds/never-touch-a-singing-bird
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Never Touch a Singing Bird
Read Never Touch a Singing Bird lyrics by Malvina Reynolds on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Never Touch a Singing Bird
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Never touch a singing bird, a wild bird.
Never move or say a word,
But sit and listen quietly,
Underneath the forest tree.
You cannot catch and hold its song,
For if it's tame, it's not the same.
The singing bird does not belong
To you or me or anyone, or anyone.
This bird won't sing unless it's free.
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Malvina Reynolds performs "Never Touch a Singing Bird", and this lyric page sits inside the Malvina Reynolds catalog on LyroVerse.
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