"Bluebird on Your Windowsill." Pop song by the Vancouver nurse (Carmen) Elizabeth Clarke (b Winnipeg 1911, d Vancouver 1960). The words (1947) were inspired by a small bird which perched on a windowsill of Vancouver's Hospital for Sick and Crippled Children. The melody was added later. The Rhythm Pals, who introduced the song on radio station CKNW, New Westminster, made an unsubstantiated claim that they contributed something to the final version. The song was published in 1948 by Empire Music and recorded first by Don Murphy for Aragon. Many other country artists recorded the song, and versions in 1949 by Doris Day and Tex Williams were hits in the US pop and country markets respectively. Clarke turned over all royalties to children's hospitals in Canada. The song was chosen as the theme for the 1949 US March of Dimes, and was later used in the 1986 Canadian feature film My American Cousin. In 2010 "Bluebird on Your Windowsill" was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
-
-
The Canadian Encyclopedia, 20 January 2014, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quotbluebird-on-your-windowsillquot-emc. Accessed 02 November 2024.">
- MLA 8TH EDITION
- . ""Bluebird on Your Windowsill"". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 20 January 2014, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quotbluebird-on-your-windowsillquot-emc. Accessed 02 November 2024.
- The Canadian Encyclopedia, 20 January 2014, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quotbluebird-on-your-windowsillquot-emc. Accessed 02 November 2024." href="#" class="js-copy-clipboard b b-md b-invert b-modal-copy">Copy
-
-
The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quotbluebird-on-your-windowsillquot-emc">
- APA 6TH EDITION
- (2014). "Bluebird on Your Windowsill". In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quotbluebird-on-your-windowsillquot-emc
- The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quotbluebird-on-your-windowsillquot-emc" href="#" class="js-copy-clipboard b b-md b-invert b-modal-copy">Copy
-
-
The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 03, 2010; Last Edited January 20, 2014.">
- CHICAGO 17TH EDITION
- . ""Bluebird on Your Windowsill"." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 03, 2010; Last Edited January 20, 2014.
- The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 03, 2010; Last Edited January 20, 2014." href="#" class="js-copy-clipboard b b-md b-invert b-modal-copy">Copy
-
- TURABIAN 8TH EDITION
- The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. ""Bluebird on Your Windowsill"," by , Accessed November 02, 2024, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quotbluebird-on-your-windowsillquot-emc
- Copy
Thank you for your submission
Our team will be reviewing your submission
and get back to you with any further questions.
Thanks for contributing to The Canadian Encyclopedia.
CloseArticle
"Bluebird on Your Windowsill"
Published Online February 3, 2010
Last Edited January 20, 2014
"Bluebird on Your Windowsill." Pop song by the Vancouver nurse (Carmen) Elizabeth Clarke (b Winnipeg 1911, d Vancouver 1960). The words (1947) were inspired by a small bird which perched on a windowsill of Vancouver's Hospital for Sick and Crippled Children. The melody was added later.