Red Yarn's 'Backyard Bop' CD comes in a brightly-colored gatefold wallet with elaborate photography & design (by Jason Quigley & Heather Lin) featuring Red Yarn, Miss Jessie, 13 newly built critter puppets (by Faerin Millington, Summer Olsson & more), elaborate backyard set-pieces (by Ryan Bruce & James Cook), and full credits. Children will spend hours studying the critter characters & backyard spaces they inhabit!
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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
'Backyard Bop' 12" vinyl record comes in a full color jacket with beautiful photography & design featuring Red Yarn, Miss Jessie, 13 critter puppets & elaborate backyard set-pieces. A full color insert features a poster of Red, Jessie & the Critters on one side & full credits on the others. Children will spend hours studying the critter characters & backyard spaces they inhabit! Vinyl record comes with a digital download card.
Includes unlimited streaming of Backyard Bop
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 7 days
$20USDor more
about
Written by Andy Furgeson/Red Yarn. Produced by Dean Jones.
lyrics
Sing, mama bird, mama bird sing
Sing the greenest song of the spring
Wing, mama bird, mama bird wing
Through the bluest sky you can dream
Spin, mama bird, mama bird spin
Spin a circle all round the sun
In the wind, mama bird, mama bird wind
Blow and flow and show us the fun
When the mama bird sings, she sings like the spring
When the mama bird wings above everything
Then the mama bird spins, she spins us a dream
In the mama bird wind
Build, mama bird, mama bird build
The sturdiest nest for your young
Fill, mama bird, mama bird fill
Fill it with leaves and with love
Make, mama bird, mama bird make
A delicate egg from scratch
Wait, mama bird, mama bird wait
Wait for that li'l egg to hatch
When the mama bird builds the sturdiest nest
Then the mama bird fills it, she fills it the best
What the mama bird makes, is beautifully blessed
So the mama bird waits
Well, she knows it takes time, time, time
To spin a circle from a line, line, line
Each cycle's gotta rhyme, rhyme, rhyme
Pretty soon they'll be flyin, flyin, flyin
Watch, mama bird, mama bird watch
Watch the miracle as it starts
Stretch, mama bird, mama bird stretch
Stretch out the breadth of your heart
Teach, mama bird, mama bird teach
Teach that little new life the way
Reach, mama bird, mama bird reach
Reach out and touch a new day
When the mama bird watches, the mama bird sees
When the mama bird stretches her mama bird wings
When the mama bird teaches, we learn to believe
In the mama bird's reach
Thank you, mama bird
Thank you, mama bird..
Thank the mama bird...
credits
from Backyard Bop,
released August 7, 2020
Engineered & mixed by Dean Jones at No Parking Studios, with additional engineering by Adam Selzer.
Music performed by...
Andy Furgeson/Red Yarn on vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, & bass.
Dean Jones on drums, organ, funky keys, percussion & vocals.
Jessie Eller-Isaacs on vocals.
Red Yarn is a Texas-born, Oregon-based family performer who weaves folksongs & puppetry into engaging shows for all ages. With his energetic performances and lush folk-rock recordings, Red Yarn reinvigorates American folklore for younger generations.
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