Blackbird-Sam Lee

Foretold me I'll remain, my fortune is high I've been over courted, my rakish young light And I've kept my love's company by night and by day But now that he's listed and gone far away For if I were a BLACKBIRD, I'd whistle, I'd sing And I'd follow the ship my true love sailed in High upon this land, must I dabble my name Long I shall I gaze on these lily white banks For my laws and the soldiers, many's name told unfair There's none in the army come equal to it With his red rosy cheeks and his colly black eyes His flattering tongue goes my heart to a snack For some people's talking that I'm out of my mind Some people said that I'm not with the child And be talking and say what they will When this breath in my body, I done my last will For if I were a BLACKBIRD, I'd whistle, I'd sing And I'd follow the ship my true love sailed in High upon this land, must I dabble my name Long I shall I gaze on these lily white banks For if I were a merchant and could handle my band I'd write in a letter to him I would send Your tendency they're sailing and found wind to blow It's a deal to my true love wherever he goes For if I were a BLACKBIRD, I'd whistle, I'd sing And I'd follow the ship my true love sailed in High upon this land, must I dabble my name Long I shall I gaze on these lily white banks