And wild like the rambling footsteps of a wandering child

I wake you up in the morning, so early just to tell you
I've got the wandering blues, I've got the wandering blues

But you carry them with you on the soles of your travelers shoes
And I don't want to leave you, I love you through and through
Well, I left my baby, on a pretty blue train
And I'm lonesome as a lonesome whippoorwill
Singing these blues with a warble and a trill
And I don't care if I'm nervous with you
And I'm going to quit these rambling ways

The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
And the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
I got the wandering blues, I got the wandering blues
And I sang my songs to the cold and the rain
One of these days soon, ooh

And I sing, the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs

Well, I love you so dearly, I love you so clearly
And the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs

But I love you so dearly, I love you so fearlessly
But I'm not too blue to fly, no I'm not too blue to fly
'Cause the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
And the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
And I had the wandering blues, and I sang those wandering blues
You pass through places and places pass through you
And I'm gonna quit these rambling ways one of these
Well, I don't care if the sun don't shine
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
And I sing, the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
And the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
And I don't care if nothing is mine
Days soon, ooh
I wake you up in the morning so early, just to tell you
I'll do my loving in the wintertime
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
Well, it's times like these I feel so small