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 blackbird... 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 blackbird... i offered to t