BALTIMORE ORIOLE (Hoagy Carmichael (m) / Paul Francis Webster (l) 1942) Baltimore Oriole Took a look at the mercury, forty below. No life for a lady To be draggin' her feathers around in the snow. Leavin' me blue, off she flew To the Tangipaho. Where the two timin' Jaybird Met the divine Miss O. I'd like to ruffle his plumage Baltimore Oriole. Messed around with that big guy 'Til he singed her wings. Forgivin' is easy it's a woman like, now and then Could happen to, thing. Send her back home Home ain't home without her warbling. How she can sing Make a lonely man happy, Baltimore Oriole. Send her back home, and alone Home ain't home without her warbling. How she can sing Make a lonely man happy, Baltimore Oriole. Come down from the bough Fly to your daddy now.