Sparrow (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
Who will love a little sparrow?
Who's travelled far and cries for rest?
"Not I," said the oak tree
"I won't share my branches with no sparrow's nest,
And my blanket of leaves won't warm her cold breast."
Who will love a little sparrow?
And who will speak a kindly word?
"Not I," said the swan
"The entire idea is utterly absurd,
I'd be laughed at and scorned if the other swans heard."
And who will take pitty in his heart?
And who will feed a starving sparrow?
"Not I," said the golden wheat
"I would if I could but I cannot I know,
I need all my grain to prosper and grow."
Who will love a little sparrow?
Will no-one write her eulogy?
"I will," said the earth
"For all I've created returns unto me,
From dust were ye made and dust ye shall be."
Who's travelled far and cries for rest?
"Not I," said the oak tree
"I won't share my branches with no sparrow's nest,
And my blanket of leaves won't warm her cold breast."
Who will love a little sparrow?
And who will speak a kindly word?
"Not I," said the swan
"The entire idea is utterly absurd,
I'd be laughed at and scorned if the other swans heard."
And who will take pitty in his heart?
And who will feed a starving sparrow?
"Not I," said the golden wheat
"I would if I could but I cannot I know,
I need all my grain to prosper and grow."
Who will love a little sparrow?
Will no-one write her eulogy?
"I will," said the earth
"For all I've created returns unto me,
From dust were ye made and dust ye shall be."
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Simon
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Other Album Tracks
- He Was My Brother (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
- Leaves That Are Green (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
- Sparrow (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
- Homeward Bound (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
- You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
- A Most Peculiar Man (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
- The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) [Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967]
- The Dangling Conversation (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
- Richard Cory (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
- A Hazy Shade of Winter (Live at Lincoln Center, NY, January 1967)
Altri album
- Live At Carnegie Hall 1969 - EP
- Playlist: Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
- Live At Syracuse University, Syracuse, Ny, Nov 1967 (Remastered)
- The Early Years 1957-1962
- Live 1969
- Old Friends Live On Stage
- The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
- The Collection
- Live From New York City, 1967 (Alben für die Ewigkeit)
- Live from New York City, 1967
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