Blackbird

I am a young maiden
My story is sad
For once I was carefree and in love with a lad
He courted me sweetly
By night and by day
But now he has left me and gone far away.

Oh if I was a blackbird
Could whistle and sing
I'd follow the vessels
My true love sails in
And in the top rigging
I would there build my nest
And I'd flutter my wings to his broad golden chest.

He sailed o'er the ocean
His fortune to seek
I missed his caresses and his kiss on my cheek.

Oh if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
I'd follow the vessels
My true love sails in.

And in the top rigging
I would there build my nest
And I'll flutter my wings to his broad golden chest.

Then he offered to marry
And to stay by my side
But 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 sing
I'd follow the vessels
My true love sails in.

And in the top rigging
I would there build my nest
And I'd flutter my wings to his broad golden chest.