I can be wrong. But I am pretty sure Lullaby of Birdland from Mariah Carey's album The Art of Letting Go is a 1952 popular song with music by George Shearing and lyrics by George David Weiss under the pseudonym "B. Y. Forster" in order to circumvent the rule that ASCAP and BMI composers could not collaborate. The reason is that Mariah Carey performed this song at Bemelmans Bar. Please submit your correction if I am wrong.

 

Oh, lullaby of birdland

That's what I always hear,

When you sigh,

Never in my wordland could there be ways to reveal

in a phrase how I feel

 

Have you ever heard two turtle doves

Bill and coo, when they love?

That's the kind of magic music we make with our lips

When we kiss

 

And there's a weepy old willow

He really knows how to cry,

That's how I'd cry in my pillow

If you should tell me farewell and goodbye

 

Lullaby of birdland whisper low

Kiss me sweet, and we'll go

Flying high in birdland, high in the sky up above

All because were in love

 

Lullaby Lullaby

 

Have you ever heard two turtle doves

Bill and coo, when they love?

That's the kind of magic music we make with our lips

When we kiss

 

And there's a weepy old willow

He really knows how to cry

That's how I'd cry in my pillow

If you should tell me farewell and goodbye

 

Lullaby of birdland whisper low

Kiss me sweet, and we'll go

Flying high in birdland, high in the sky up above

All because we're in love