Baltimore Oriole Took one look at that mercury, forty below No life for a lady To be draggin' her feathers around in the snow Leaving her mate, she flew-strate To the Tangipaho Where a two - timin' blackbird Met the divine Miss O I'd like to ruffle his plumage That Baltimore Oriole Messed around with that big guy Till he singed her wings Forgivin' is easy - it's a woman like, now and then Could happen to thing Send her back home Home ain't home without her warbling Make a lonely man happy, Baltimore Oriole Come down from that bough Fly back to me now. Send her back home Home ain't home without her warbling Make a lonely man happy, Baltimore Oriole Come down from that bough Fly back to me now. Baltimore Oriole