An old tale about a bird whose sweetest song is sung right before it dies...?

Question

I remember hearing a tale (or perhaps fact...) about there being some bird whose sweetest song is sung right before it dies (and I believe the death that follows is because it impales itself or something morbid). Does anyone know the details on this story and what kind of bird it is? It strikes me as an old folk-tale, but I can't remember any specifics to it.

Answer 1

"The Nightingale and the Rose" by Oscar Wilde

Answer 2

Thorn birds- used in the wonderful book/movie of the same name- a mythical bird that from the time it hatches seeks a thorn tree and then impales itself singing the most beautiful song as it dies.

Answer 3

spectacular 'imaginative' rock! possibly Jim, Jimi, Janis, and et. al did it top...have been given out till now they had to confront previous age. regrettably Mick seems greater efficient than a number of the 30 some thing rockers. i'm purely thinking if it's going to be allowed to stalk interior the after existence, as a 27 year previous Jim Morrison might have a geriatric to rigidity approximately...probability unfastened yet i will stalk him. i think of we are gonna finally end up on the comparable place regardless of each and every little thing.

Answer 4

The bird is a swan, which is said to sing just before the moment of its death. The expression "you'll be singing a swan song," is gangsterese, for "you're going to die."