The words you are looking for are : "T'is but I'd suffer for your sake". Bruce Molsky sings "Each Night I'd suffer" So forget about serving birds - O.K.! Blackest Crow fans - I URGE every one to buy Lost Boy - Bruce Molsky (Rounder CD). This is primarily a southern style fiddle recording by perhaps the most awesome player of this style of music living today, but there also a couple of songs on it as well. It's worth it just for the emotional experience of listening to "The Blackest Crow" sung by Bruce and Carla Gover - a classic!