The melodious singalong by the Brothers Four of Seattle, Washington starts with Yellow Bird and includes John B, Marianne and Jamaican Farewell.
’Chicotounne’ was actually a Hawaiian nineteenth century folk song, re-written in English lyrics as Yellow Bird in the twentieth century by a Bergman husband and wife team and performed by the Norman Luboff Choir and Harry Belafonte in the calypso beat. It was made famous in 1961 by the Arthur Lyman Chorus. A yellow bird heralds joy and a positive outlook in the Hawaiian tradition. https://youtu.be/zuyb7zhcxIg Roland. Toronto.
