For the Birds Radio Program: OLDIE: Where, Oh Where
When this oldie got stuck in my head with new lyrics, I wanted to record it, but my normal accompanist plays piano and this needed a different sound.
KUMD was in the basement of UMD’s music department, and one day I mustered the courage to ask a professor I often saw in the hall if he had any kids who could do the musical background. They were Darin Bergsven, Nate Perbix, and John Sommerfeld, and were very fun to record in the studio—I’d never done that before! Of course, there was no way in heck I could record my own voice while they were listening! At the time, I was in the Duluth Symphony Chorus, but unless my voice is hidden within a chorus, I am strictly a closet singer.
Transcript
Oh where, oh where can my Blue Jays be?
Jim Baker took them away from me.
I gotta get some Baker’s Blue Jay Blend.
So I can show those Blue Jays I can be their friend.
We were out on a date in my daddy’s car.
We hadn’t driven very far.
There in the road I saw a crested crew.
A flock of Blue Jays looking cross and blue.
I knew they were mine and that my feeders were full.
They said my suet and my seeds were too dull.
They wanted to try some Baker’s Blue Jay Blend.
They said their time with me had come to an end.
I tried to stop them but they flew out of sight.
I lost my favorite birds that night.
Oh where, oh where can my Blue Jays be?
Jim Baker took them away from me.
I gotta get some Baker’s Blue Jay Blend.
So I can show those Blue Jays I can be their friend.
Ooooooooohhh. Oooooooooohh.