Michael Jackson
Rockin’ Robin lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1972
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:35
He rocks in the treetops all day long
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and singing his song
All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet
Rockin' robin, rock, rock, rockin' robin'
Blow rockin' robin, 'cause we're really gonna rock tonight
Every little swallow, every chickadee
Every little bird in the tall oak tree
The wise old owl, the big black crow
Flappin' their wings singing, "Go, bird go"
Rockin' robin, rock, rock, rockin' robin'
Blow rockin' robin, 'cause we're really gonna rock tonight
Yeah, yeah
Pretty little raven at the bird-band stand
Told them how to do the bob and it was grand
They started going steady and bless my soul
He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriole
He rocks in the treetops all day long
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and singing his song
All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet
Rockin' robin, rock, rock, rockin' robin'
Blow rockin' robin, 'cause we're really gonna rock tonight
Pretty little raven at the bird-band stand
Told them how to do the bob and it was grand
They started going steady and bless my soul
He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriole
He rocks in the treetops all day long
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and singing his song
All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet
Rockin' robin, rock, rock, rockin' robin'
Blow rockin' robin, 'cause we're really gonna rock tonight
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Key vocabulary
- cause
- make happenA2
- day
- 24 hoursA1
- every
- each oneA1
- go
- move to a placeA1
- hear
- perceive soundA1
- little
- small in sizeA1
- long
- lasting a lot of timeA1
- love
- deep careA1
- bless
- ask God for goodC1
- rock
- a stoneC1
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About this song
Michael Jackson was an American singer known for his groundbreaking role in the development of pop music, alongside R&B and funk-pop. He rose from the Jackson 5 to a dominant solo career marked by albums Off the Wall and Thriller and by major singles including “Billie Jean” and “Beat It.”