Lyr Req: a black bird ... 18 to wed and dalesman

Subject: Lyr Req: a black bird ... 18 to wed and dalesman
From: GUEST,Jess and Tallulah
Date: 11 Nov 04 - 04:40 PM

Test your knowledge...we are stumped!
Here is a little collection of bit part lyrics gathered in snatches that I have been nursing and as yet have been unable to identify/ complete.....Can you help?! Also, if you know who sings a good rendition, I would be eternally grateful, these have been going round and round for a while!!!

Here goes...
1.
And if I was a blackbird, I'd whistle and sing,
I'd follow the vessel my true love sailed in,
and in that fair brigand(?) I'd there build my nest,
flutter my wings 'gainst his lily white chest.........ish ?
2.
I am eighteen years old today mama and I'm longing to be wed
so find for me a young man to be with me she said.
so find for me a young man to lie with me at night,
and I'll roll him in my a a a arms he'll be my one delight.....?

And finally 3.
The Dalesmans litany.......do you know who sings a good version of this that I might buy

Hooray many thanks and pats on the back to whoever unravels my mini mystery.....

xxJess

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: a black bird ... 18 to wed and dalesman
From:
Date: 11 Nov 04 - 04:47 PM

Well, that first one is probably a modified version of If I Were A BlackBird. If you do a Lyric Search (See above), you can find the DT lyric set, as well as a number of threads on this particular song with many different variants.

It's much easier for people if you create separate threads for each of the songs.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: a black bird ... 18 to wed and dalesman
From:
Date: 11 Nov 04 - 04:59 PM

The second song is apparently called Eighteen Years Old And it is also found in the Forum

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: a black bird ... 18 to wed and dalesman
From:
Date: 11 Nov 04 - 05:04 PM

They mentioned Dolores Keane as one of the singers of Eighteen Years Old. Also, De Danaan

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: a black bird ... 18 to wed and dalesman
From:
Date: 11 Nov 04 - 05:08 PM

The Dalesman's Litany lyrics are in the DT, as well, the song has been discussed in the Forum quite a number of times. You might check those threads as well to see if any of them mentions a singer or recording.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: a black bird ... 18 to wed and dalesman
From: GUEST,jess and Tallulah
Date: 11 Nov 04 - 05:15 PM

Fabulous...thank you! I have just checked out the other threads and I am spolit for choice....very pleased to have stumbled accross this site!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: a black bird ... 18 to wed and dalesman
From:
Date: 11 Nov 04 - 06:14 PM

You're certainly very welcome.

Also, WELCOME to the Mudcat Café. We all had to start somewhere. Many happy hours of browsing through the Mudcat. The Lyric & Knowledge Search is extremely useful, but on occasion frustrating. Still, you can learn a lot through it.

Almost everyone who starts off gets "evangelical" about trying to help others out. Hope you will too!