"Tennessee Bird Walk" is a 1970 novelty single by the
country music
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husband-and-wife duo
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan were an American country music duo from Florida consisting of guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Jack Blanchard (born May 8, 1942) and his wife, keyboardist/vocalist Misty Morgan (May 23, 1945 – January 1, 2021). The du ...
. The single was the duo's second release on the country charts and became their most successful single. "Tennessee Bird Walk" went to number one on the country charts for two weeks and spent a total of sixteen weeks on the chart. The single also crossed over to the
Top 40
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peaking at number twenty-three.
Content
It is a novelty song theorizing on the effects of removing the wings, feathers, singing ability, and common sense from birds, along with
birdbaths and the trees in which the birds reside. According to the first verse, these removals will result in "bald headed birds
€¦alking southward in their dirty underwear".
Chart performance
References
Novelty songs
1970 singles
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan songs
1970 songs
Songs about birds
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