If I Were A Blackbird

Lyrics

When I was a young girl my fortune was set I once went a courting a true sailor lad I courted him fondly by night and by day But now like a sailor he's gone far away My love he was handsome in every degree My parents despised him because he loved me But they can despise him and say what they will Whilst there's breath in my body I'll love that lad still If I were a blackbird I'd whistle and sing Follow the vessel my true love sailed in And on the top rigging I'd thеre build my nest And pillow my head on his lily-whitе breast He promised to meet me at Donnybrook Fair With a bunch of blue ribbon to tie up my hair And if I should meet him I'd crown him with joy While I kissed the lips of my own sailor boy If I were a blackbird I'd whistle and sing Follow the vessel my true love sailed in And on the top rigging I'd there build my nest And lay my head down on his lily-white breast When I was a young girl my fortune was set I once went a courting a true sailer lad I courted him fondly by night and by day And now like a sailor he's gone far away