Free MP3 File: The Ballad of the Brooklyn Parrots

The somewhat musical Avian Invaders have been busy recording in the studio now known as "The Monk Bunker" this week. They've completed a new song, dubbed "The Ballad of the Brooklyn Parrots." Like the parrots themselves, who only stand 12 inches tall, this song is short (2:02). I also made a Shockwave presentation that shows pictures while the MP3 plays - check it out.


3/1/2008: NEW VERSION OF "Ballad of the Brooklyn Parrots" Now Available:



As of 1/1/2007, there's also a Youtube version: click on the image below and it will stream: - note this is the original version from 2006:



Update 8/20/2007: I created another ode to the parrots called "The Little Green Parrots of the Argentine." If you liked "Ballad" you'll probably like this one as well - it's embedded below.

Click here to listen to this MP3; lyrics are below:

Ballad of the Brooklyn Parrots
I've got some news for you, baby, and it might not be so good
There's an avian invader in the neighborhood
Yeah, they're little green parrots from the Argentine
They make their nests so high in the power line
It happened back in 1968
A bunch of parrots broke loose from a shipping crate
And they're all over the borough, you can see them in the air
The little green birds, that just don't care about you
Or your girlfriend on a respirator
Yeah, they're avian invaders, baby
And they're all over Brooklyn, now
Yeah, they're mighty loud, and they're mighty raucous
The scientists call them Myiopsitta Monachus
And they're all over town
You can look up and they're looking down on you
Yeah, they're little green parrots from the Argentine
They make their nests so high in the power line
And they call call them a pest
I wonder if they're hearts are true
Living on the avenue...

The Little Green Parrots of the Argentine