Traditional Version: If I were a blackbird I'd whistle and sing And I'd follow the ship that my true love sails in And on the top rigging I'd there build my nest And I'd pillow my head on his lily-white breast.
I am a young maiden and my story is sad For once I was courted by a brave sailor lad. He courted me truly by night and by day But now he has left me and gone far away.
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He promised to take me to Donnybrook fair To buy me red ribbons to tie up my hair And I know that some day he'll come back o'er the tide And then he will make me his own loving bride.
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His parents they chide me and will not agree That I and my sailor-boy married should be But let them deride me and say what they will While there's breath in my body he's the one I'll love still.
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