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Hazel Whyte
| If I Was A Blackbird |
| Celtic Songs and Traditional Ballads |
| Modern and Traditional Folk Music |
| IF I WAS A BLACKBIRD I am a young maiden, my story is sad For once I was courted by a brave sailin' lad He courted me strongly, by night and by day Oh, but now he has left me, and sailed far away Chorus: And if I was a blackbird I'd whistle and sing And I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in And on the top riggin' I would there build my nest And I'd flutter my wings o'er his lily white breast Chorus Well, he promised to take me to Donnybrook Fair And to buy me red ribbons for to tie up my hair And when he'd come home from the ocean so wide He would take me, and make me, his own bonny bride Chorus Now his parents they slight me, and will not agree That me and my sailor boy married will be But when he comes home, I will greet him with joy And I'll take to my heart my dear sailor boy Chorus |
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