| Artist: | Silly wizard (English) |
| User: | George Rigby |
| Duration: | 130 seconds |
| Delay: | 12 seconds |
| Chord names: | Not defined |
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| Comment: | - |
Dm Am x2
Verse
Dm Am C Dm
I am a young sailor, my story is sad
Dm Am C
For once I was carefree and a brave
Dm
sailor lad
Dm Am C
I courted a lassie by night and by
Dm
day
Dm Am C
But now she has left me and sailed
Dm
far away
Chorus
Dm Am
Oh if I was a blackbird, could
C Dm
whistle and sing
Dm Am C
I’d follow the vessel my true love
Dm
sails in
Dm Am C
And in the top rigging I would there
Dm
build my nest
Dm Am
And I’d flutter my wings o'er her
C Dm
lily-white breast
Verse
Dm Am
Or if I was a scholar and could
C Dm
handle a pen
Dm Am C
One secret love letter to my true
Dm
love I’d send
Dm Am C
And I’d tell of my sorrow, my grief
Dm
and my pain
Dm Am C
Since she’s gone and left me in yon
Dm
flowery glen
Chorus
Dm Am
Oh if I was a blackbird, could
C Dm
whistle and sing
Dm Am C
I’d follow the vessel my true love
Dm
sails in
Dm Am C
And in the top rigging I would there
Dm
build my nest
Dm Am
And I’d flutter my wings o’er her
C Dm
lily-white breast
Verse
Dm Am C
I sailed o’er the ocean, my fortune
Dm
to seek
Dm Am
Though I missed her caress and her
C Dm
kiss on my cheek
Dm Am C
I returned and I told her my love
Dm
was still warm
Dm Am
But she turned away lightly and
C Dm
great was her scorn
Chorus
Dm Am
Oh if I was a blackbird, could
C Dm
whistle and sing
Dm Am C
I’d follow the vessel my true love
Dm
sails in
Dm Am C
And in the top rigging I would there
Dm
build my nest
Dm Am
And I’d flutter my wings o’er her
C Dm
lily-white breast
Verse
Dm Am C
I offered to take her to Donnybrook
Dm
Fair
Dm Am C
And to buy her fine ribbons to tie
Dm
up her hair
Dm Am C
I offered to marry and to stay by
Dm
her side
Dm Am
But she said in the morning she
C Dm
sailed with the tide
Chorus
Dm Am
Oh if I was a blackbird, could
C Dm
whistle and sing
Dm Am C
I’d follow the vessel my true love
Dm
sails in
Dm Am C
And in the top rigging I would there
Dm
build my nest
Dm Am
And I’d flutter my wings o’er her
C Dm
lily-white breast
Verse
Dm Am C
My parents they chide me, and will
Dm
not agree
Dm Am
Saying that me and my false love
C Dm
married should never be
Dm Am C
Ah but let them deprive me, or let
Dm
them do what they will
Dm Am
While there’s breath in my body,
C Dm
she's the one that I love still
Chorus
Dm Am
Oh if I was a blackbird, could
C Dm
whistle and sing
Dm Am C
I’d follow the vessel my true love
Dm
sails in
Dm Am C
And in the top rigging I would there
Dm
build my nest
Dm Am
And I’d flutter my wings o’er her
C Dm
lily-white breast