{"id":11449,"date":"2014-11-02T15:54:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T20:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quiltr.com\/?p=11449"},"modified":"2014-11-02T15:54:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-02T20:54:25","slug":"if-i-was-a-blackbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/?p=11449","title":{"rendered":"If I Was A Blackbird"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the “Feel Good Music” playlist, my version by Silly Wizard<\/a><\/p>\n

\nIf I Was A Blackbird<\/p>\n

I am a young sailor, my story is sad
\nThough once I was carefree and a brave sailor lad
\nI courted a lassie by night and by day
\nAh, but now she has left me and sailed far away<\/p>\n

Oh, if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
\nI’d follow the vessel my true love sails in
\nAnd in the top rigging, I would there build my nest
\nAnd I’d flutter my wings over her lily-white breast<\/p>\n

Or if I was a scholar and could handle a pen
\nOne secret love letter to my true love I’d send
\nAnd I’d tell of my sorrow, my grief and my pain
\nSince she’s gone and left me in yon flowery glen<\/p>\n

Oh, if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
\nI’d follow the vessel my true love sails in
\nAnd in the top rigging, I would there build my nest
\nAnd I’d flutter my wings over her lily-white breast<\/p>\n

I sailed over the ocean, my fortune to seek
\nAnd though I missed her caress and her kiss on my cheek
\nI returned and I told her my love was still warm
\nBut she turned away lightly and great was her scorn<\/p>\n

Oh, if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
\nI’d follow the vessel my true love sails in
\nAnd in the top rigging, I would there build my nest
\nAnd I’d flutter my wings over her lily-white breast<\/p>\n

I offered to take her to Donnybrook Fair
\nAnd to buy her fine ribbons to tie up her hair
\nI offered to marry and to stay by her side
\nBut she says in the morning she sailed with the tide<\/p>\n

Oh, if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
\nI’d follow the vessel my true love sails in
\nAnd in the top rigging, I would there build my nest
\nAnd I’d flutter my wings over her lily-white breast<\/p>\n

My parents they chide me and will not agree
\nSaying that me and my false love, married should never be
\nAh, but let them deprive me or let them do what they will
\nWhile there’s breath in my body, she’s the one that I love still<\/p>\n

Oh, if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
\nI’d follow the vessel my true love sails in
\nAnd in the top rigging, I would there build my nest
\nAnd I’d flutter my wings over her lily-white breast<\/p>\n

Songwriters
\nSTEWART, NATALIE \/ AMBROSIUS, MARSHA \/ PELZER, KEITH ISAIAH<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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