Blackbird
I am a young maiden, my story is sadFor once I was carefree and in love with a lad
He courted me sweetly, by night and by dayBut now he has left me and gone far away
Oh if I was a blackbird, could whistle and singI'd follow the vessel my true love sails inAnd in the top rigging I would there build my nestAnd I'd flutter my wings to his broad golden chest
He sailed o'er the ocean, his fortune to seekI missed his caresses and his kiss on my cheek
Oh if I was a blackbird, could whistle and singI'd follow the vessel my true love sails inAnd in the top rigging I would there build my nestAnd I'd flutter my wings to his broad golden chest
Then he offered to marry and to stay by my sideBut then in the morning he sailed with the tide
I am a young maiden, my story is sad
Oh if I was a blackbird, could whistle and singI'd follow the vessel my true love sails inAnd in the top rigging I would there build my nestAnd I'd flutter my wings to his broad golden chest