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{{Infobox song
| Name           = And Your Bird Can Sing
| Cover          = 
| Artist         = [[The Beatles]]
| Album          = [[Revolver]]
| Released       = 5 August 1966
| track_no       = 9
| Recorded       = [[Abbey Road Studios]]<br/>26 April 1966
| Genre          = Pop Rock
| Length         = 2:01
| Writer         = [[Lennon/McCartney]]
| Label          = [[Parlophone]]
| Producer       = [[George Martin]]
| Tracks         = {{Revolver tracks}}
}}

{{cquote|Another of my throwaways.|quotewidth=500px|John Lennon, ''Playboy Interviews''|1980}}

{{cquote|Another horror.|quotewidth=500px|John Lennon, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_Parader ''Hit Parader'']|1972}}

{{cquote|We wrote [the duet] at the session and learned it on the spot &#151; but it was thought out. George learned it, then I learned the harmony to it, then we sat and played it.|quotewidth=500px|Paul McCartney, ''Musician Magazine''|May 1990}}

{{cquote|I think it was Paul and me, or maybe John and me, playing (guitars) in harmony &#151; quite a complicated little line that goes through the middle-eight.|quotewidth=500px|George Harrison, ''Guitar Player Magazine'' Interview|1987}}

{{cquote|One of my favorites on the Anthology is, 'And Your Bird Can Sing,' which is a nice song, but this take of it was one we couldn't use at the time. John and I got a fit of the giggles while we were doing the double-track. You couldn't have released it at the time. But now you can. Sounds great just hearing us lose it on a take.|quotewidth=500px|Paul McCartney|1994}}

{{cquote|'And Your Bird Can Sing' was John's song. I suspect that I helped with the verses because the songs were nearly always written without second and third verses. I seem to remember working on that middle eight with him but it's John's song, 80-20 to John.|quotewidth=500px|Paul McCartney, ''Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now'', Barry Miles|1997}}

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'''Have a listen:'''

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'''Great outtake with giggling all the way through!'''
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==Other Resources==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Your_Bird_Can_Sing Wikipedia entry]
* [https://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/aybcs.shtml Allan W. Pollack's Notes on "And Your Bird Can Sing"]

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