Rare enhances his beauty
yellow feathers is the sun is bright
Are you for real such an odd sight
the yellow cardinal flew from the sky
perched on a tree branch and spied
bird feeder in the yard below
feasting on seeds cardinal bird of yellow
One in a million most are fiery red
but this fellow his feathers yellow instead
Black mask and tan in his wings
the cardinal appeared first in spring
Yellow feathers crown his head
tail of tan and yellow no red
The color such a bright and vibrant hue
for this guy being red wouldn't do
More northern in their region be
but grace us southerns with him to see
I hope the yellow cardinal becomes common to
in Tennessee a white cardinal is there a blue?
There once was a man named Lee,
Who was called General Lee
His full name was Robert E. Lee
He was from the South
He was very Southerly
When the big fight broke out,
You could always count on Lee
To answer the call of his fellow brothers
He fought for the South
Very gentlemanly
When he lead, everyone followed
For you see, there was no one better then Lee
A rough and tough, till the very end
We Southerns will always miss you, General Lee.
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