Father Sings Blackbird

to Dying Baby after Wife Dies in Childbirth

I have always loved the song “Blackbird.” I read that Paul McCartney wrote it in response to the Civil Rights movement in the USA, during the 1960s.¹ However, there have been many different interpretations to the song. Which I love, subjective to the audience seems to be a common trait of art. For me, the song “Blackbird” it has always meant, “Rise up. …