Blackbirds and Thrushes

Lyrics

As I was a-walking for my recreation Down by the green meadows I silently strayed There I met a fair maid making great lamentation "Oh, Jimmy will be slain in the wars I'm afraid" The blackbirds and thrushes sing in the green bushes The larks and the doves seem to mourn for this maid And the song she sang was concerning her lover "Oh, Jimmy will be slain in the wars I'm afraid" When Jimmy returned with his heart full of yearning He found his dear Mary all dead in her grave He cried, "I'm forsaken, my poor heart is breaking I wish that I nеver had left this fair maid"