"Pretty Dearie! Pretty Dearie!"
Hear the gay father-bird sing to his wife.
"Pretty Dearie! Pretty Dearie!
Ours is a beautiful life.
"Sweetest Birdie! Sweetest Birdie!"
Hark how he calls while she sits on her nest!
"Sweetest Birdie! Sweetest Birdie!
Of all the world I love you best."