It’s the birthday of Scottish folk singer Jean Redpath (1937-2014), as well as the second Sunday of Easter. Here’s a song in honor of both.
bluebird of bitterness
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Home sweet home
Bob's sister Hannah
Bob's sister Ada
Bob's brother Otto
Bob's sister Eve
Bob's sister Nan
A baby picture of Bob and his siblings (clockwise from upper left: Otto, Eve, Hannah, Ada, Bob, and Nan)
Bob's childhood home
Bob's mom and dad
Bob in his youth
Bob's cousin Alphonse
Bob's Uncle Ralph and Aunt Edna
Bob's cousin Archibald
Bob's stepbrother Herbie (who really needs to quit smoking)
Bob's cousin Chester
Bob's Great Uncle Norbert and Great Aunt Phyllis
Bob's cousin Saffron (who will do anything for a drink)
Bob's cousin Thorndike
Bob's brother-in-law Vinnie
Bob's cousin Orville, who loves the Green Bay Packers
Bob's nieces Lulu and Bitsy, the biker chicks
Bob's stepsister Eloise, with the twins, Rudy and Trudy
Bob's Uncle Henry and Aunt Rowena
Bob's niece Esmerelda (who likes to live dangerously)
Bob's Great Uncle Arthur up in Saskatchewan
Bob's cousin Louie, the grackle of grumpiness
Miss Screech, Bob's journalism teacher
Bob's nephew Winthrop, who loves sports
Bob's Uncle Seymour and Aunt Bernice
Bob's second cousin Schlomo in Brooklyn
Bob's nephew Baxter
Bob's cousin Darrell
Nigel, Bob's pen pal in New Zealand
Bob's sister-in-law Delphine, who volunteers at the animal shelter
Percy the Pickpocket, Bob's third cousin once removed (the relative no one likes to talk about... every family has one)
The Bluebird of Happiness™ (no relation to Bob)
A pair of boobies (also no relation to Bob, but included for readers who desire titillation)
A pair of tits (in case the boobies were insufficiently titillating)
Bluebird Bitter™, the beer they named for Bob
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bluebird of bitterness 
Delightful, and gets me in the mood for an upcoming visit to Scotland.
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I’m envious…
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Really foot-tapping. Sad that she is ‘the late’.
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Very sad. She was a wonderful singer.
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I remember hearing Jean Redpath’s voice on the radio about 1960, so sweet and pure.
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We used to listen to her on BBC when my father was stationed at Bentwaters RAFB from ’59 to ’62.
It was wonderful to hear her again! Thankee!
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I just met all of Bobs’s family members for the first time. Gave me a chuckle!
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I’m glad you enjoyed it. 😀 I started the family album years ago as a way to a) fill up the sidebar, b) use some really cute bird pictures that I’d collected, and c) avoid doing housework. It started out small and just kept growing and growing…
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I can tell you had fun, I got a great chuckle!
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Sprightly! Bright in both the song and the performance. ☀
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😀
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Beautifully sung. While the lyrics were new to me, the tune sounds familiar.&nsp; Could it be the same tune used in *The Gift to be Simple* by the Shakers?
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Yes, it’s the same tune.
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