Airím The Blackbird

The Blackbird (Aus dem Album níl na lá) i am a young sailor my story is sad though once i was carefree and a brave sailor lad i courted a lassie by night and by day ah but now she has left me and sailed 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 o er her lily white breast or if i was a scholar and could handle the pen once secret love letter to my true love i d send and tell of my sorrow my grief and my pain since she s gone and she s left me in yon flowery glen oh if i was a i sailed o er the ocean my fortune to seek though i missed her caress and her kiss on my cheek i returned and i told her my love was still warm but she turned away lightly and great was her scorn oh if i was a i offered to t br, br,