Blackbird-Iona Leigh

[ti:Blackbird] [ar:Iona Leigh] [al:Beside the Waves of Time] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Blackbird - Iona Leigh [00:14.99]I once met a sailor in the mid month of May [00:21.89]I courted him dearly by night and by day [00:29.19]He offered to marry and stay by my side [00:36.20]One morning he'd left me to sail with the tide [00:43.20]So if I were a blackbird I'd whistle and I'd sing [00:50.21]And I'd follow the ship that my true love sails in [00:56.46]And on the top rigging I'd there build my nest [01:03.10]And I'd pillow my head on his lily-white breast [01:11.07] [01:14.82]My true love is handsome in every degree [01:21.37]My parents despise him for he does love me [01:27.84]Well let them despise him or say what they will [01:34.35]While there is breath in my body [01:37.83]I'll love that lad still [01:40.79]So if I were a blackbird I'd whistle and I'd sing [01:47.31]And I'd follow the ship that my true love sails in [01:53.42]And on the top rigging I'd there build my nest [01:59.91]And I'd pillow my head on his lily-white breast [02:07.80] [02:30.95]If I were a scholar I'd handle a pen [02:36.58] [02:37.21]And one loving letter to him I would send [02:43.64]I'd tell him my sorrow my grief and I'd say [02:50.06]That he'll be my true love till my dying day [02:56.57]So if I were a blackbird I'd whistle and I'd sing [03:02.73]And I'd follow the ship that my true love sails in [03:08.04] [03:08.57]And on the top rigging I'd there build my nest [03:16.24] [03:16.82]And I'd pillow my head on his lily-white breast