the bird has flown

Won't the old man be a little surprised to find, in the morning, that the bird has flown?

The deed is done, the bird has flown.

I see that the bird has flown.

The jig is up, the bird has flown, and the cat is out of the bag!

The bird has flown and landed,' Wesley said.

"Gone, gone," repeated the man in a rage, "the bird has flown."

"The bird has flown his cage."

Most alarming was one from Rayford: "Our botanist reports the bird has flown.

It is no good closing the stable door after the bird has flown, Chetti Singh pointed out.

They needed a new A-side, so after experimenting a bit with different ideas, "The Bird Has Flown" was yielded.

However, the bird has flown (with the connivance of the landlady), and Tom returns to his room whilst the lieutenant has the sentinel put under arrest.

"Well, Mr. Winterslip," said Hallet, "the bird has flown."

The Bird Has Flown, radio play, broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 28 October 1976.

This compilation included some alternate mixes of "The Bird Has Flown" and "Why Didn't Rosemary?"

Karlheinz Pintsch replied: 'The bird has flown, Herr Reichsmarschall.

These songs were new material, but the band opted to re-record "The Bird Has Flown", which had already been released with "Emmaretta" in the US.

"The Bird Has Flown" (Blackmore/Lord/Evans) 2:51 (US single B-side)

"The Bird Has Flown" (Blackmore/Lord/Evans) 3:03 (BBC session)

Satisfied he had carried out his instructions, he went to the nearest phone booth and rang first Paris and then Colonel Kratz to confirm that 'The bird has flown.'

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty," they murmured, bowing in fluttered confusion and looking at each other askance when he had gone by, as much as to say, "The bird has flown the cage.

This version of the song was recorded within the same time period as the other songs on the finished album, but there was also an earlier version of it, entitled, "The Bird Has Flown", recorded in early January for a potential single release.