^D-^D# ^D ^C
Early each day
Bb A G A Bb A
To the steps of Saint Paul’s
A G-A Bb A G-F# G
The little old bird woman comes…
Bb ^C ^D ^D#-^D ^C
In her own special way
Bb A G-A Bb A
To the people she calls
G A G F# D A G
Come, buy my bags full of crumbs.
F ^D# ^D# ^D-^F ^D#
Come feed the little birds,
^D# ^D ^C# ^D
Show them you care
F ^D# ^D# ^D# ^F ^D# ^D
And you’ll be glad if you do…
^D ^D ^D# ^D ^C-Bb
Their young ones are hungry
A G A Bb A
Their nests are so bare
Bb A G G F#-D A G -F
All it takes is tuppence from you….
Bb D F G-Bb G F
Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,
G – Bb ^D – Bb Bb – A Bb ^C
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag
Bb D F G Bb G F
“Feed the birds”, that’s what she cries
G Bb-G-F Bb A Bb ^C Bb
While overhead, her birds fill the skies
Bb A-G F# G-^D-^C
All around the cathedral
A G F# G-A-D
The saints and apostles
D G F# G ^D A Bb
Look down as she sells her wares…
Bb – Bb A Bb ^F ^D#
Although you can’t see it
^C Bb A Bb ^C-F
You know they are smiling
^C ^D ^D#-^D ^C Bb A G-F
Each time someone shows that he cares…
Bb D F F G-Bb G F
Though her words are simple and few
G-Bb ^D-Bb Bb Bb-A Bb ^C
Listen, listen, she’s calling to you
Bb D F G – Bb ^C ^D
“Feed the birds, tuppence a bag
^D – Bb ^D – Bb ^D – Bb ^C Bb
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag…“