Album : Songbook vol.1 (piste 6)
Durée : 4:02

Crédits

Musique et paroles : traditionnel avec arrangements de Cécile Corbel

Paroles

I am a young maiden,
My story is sad
For once I was carefree
And in love with a lad
He courted me sweetly
By night and by day
But now he has left me
And gone far away

Oh if I was a blackbird,
Could whistle and sing
I'd follow the vessel
My true love sails in
And in the top rigging
I would there build my nest
And I'd flutter my wings
To his broad golden chest

He sailed o'er the ocean,
His fortune to seek
I missed his caresses
And his kiss on my cheek

Oh if I was a blackbird,
Could whistle and sing
I'd follow the vessel
My true love sails in
And in the top rigging
I would there build my nest
And I'd flutter my wings
To his broad golden chest

He offered to marry
And to stay by my side
But then in the morning
He sailed with the tide

I am a young maiden,
My story is sad

Oh if I was a blackbird,
Could whistle and sing
I'd follow the vessel
My true love sails in
And in the top rigging
I would there build my nest
And I'd flutter my wings
To his broad golden chest

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