Feed the Birds

Friday we took some left over gingerbread and fed the birds at the plaza named after Cristopher Columbus. It was a bright day and we enjoyed our time in the fresh air very much. I imagine the birds enjoyed it too. This song was in my mind the whole morning:

Feed the Birds

(From the movie ‘Mary Poppins’ written by The Brothers Four)

Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul’s,
The little old bird woman comes.
In her own special way to the people she calls,
“Come, buy my bags full of crumbs.”
“Come feed the little birds, show them you care,
And you’ll be glad if you do –
Their young ones are hungry, their nests are so bare;
All it takes is tuppence from you.”

Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag.

“Feed the birds,” that’s what she cries,
While overhead, her birds fill the skies.
All around the cathedral, the saints and apostles
Look down as she sells her wares;
Although you can’t see it, you know they are smiling
Each time someone shows that he cares.
Though her words are simple and few,
Listen, listen, she’s calling to you –

“Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag.”

Though her words are simple and few,
Listen, listen, she’s calling to you –

“Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag.”

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