If I Were a Blackbird

If I Were a Blackbird

<If I were a blackbird, I'd whistle and sing

And follow the ship that my true love sails in

And on the top rigging I'd there build my nest

And pillow my head on her lily white chest>

Oh it's of a fair young girl my fortune was had

I courted her when I was just a young lad

We spent time together most every day

but then she was lifted and sailed far away

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Oh I promised I'd take her to Donnybrook fair

and buy her red ribbons to tie up her hair

And when she returned from the ocean so wide

I'd take her and make her my own loving bride

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Oh if I were a scholar I'd handle my pen

And write her a letter, to her I would send

And wish her safe sailings and fair winds to blow

And joy to my true love wherever she goes

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