hypersongs

Bird Song

Heather Masse's song, track three of Bright Morning Stars.
The Wailin' Jennys, from Bright Morning Stars (2011)

Heather Masse wrote it, per the copyright line on Bandcamp; Nicky Mehta told Sound of Boston in 2015 that she contributed lyrics, the only song the three have co-written. The studio version runs 3:33. Masse sings lead, Moody sings and plays banjo and Mehta sings, with Paul Mathew on acoustic bass, Christian Dugas on drums, Colin Cripps and Bill Dillon on electric guitar and Jeremy Penner on fiddle. Our upload is titled with the name of the earlier album 40 Days, but the song is not on that record. Other recordings include a live version from A Prairie Home Companion on July 5, 2014 (3:34) and a 7:00 medley with "Away but Never Gone" from a Seattle broadcast on March 27, 2010. We could not tell which version our upload carries, found no source on what the song is about, and will not state a meaning. Setlist.fm counts 38 performances.

On stage

  • 2014-07-05, A Prairie Home Companion Released on the 40th anniversary collection.

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Sources

  1. Bright Morning Stars, Wikipedia
  2. Bird Song, The Wailin' Jennys
  3. Interview: Nicky Mehta of the Wailin' Jennys, Sound of Boston (2015-05-02)