[00:16]I am a young sailor, my story is sad
[00:25]Though once I was carefree and a brave sailor lad
[00:32]I courted a lassie by night and by day
[00:40]Ah, but now she has left me and sailed far away
[00:50]Oh, if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
[00:59]I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in
[01:07]And in the top rigging, I would there build my nest
[01:15]And I'd flutter my wings over her lily-white breast
[01:25]Or if I was a scholar and could handle a pen
[01:33]One secret love letter to my true love I'd send
[01:41]And I'd tell of my sorrow, my grief and my pain
[01:50]Since she's gone and left me in yon flowery glen
[02:00]Oh, if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
[02:08]I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in
[02:16]And in the top rigging, I would there build my nest
[02:24]And I'd flutter my wings over her lily-white breast
[02:35]I sailed over the ocean, my fortune to seek
[02:42]And though I missed her caress and her kiss on my cheek
[02:50]I returned and I told her my love was still warm
[02:59]But she turned away lightly and great was her scorn
[03:09]Oh, if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
[03:16]I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in
[03:26]And in the top rigging, I would there build my nest
[03:34]And I'd flutter my wings over her lily-white breast
[04:17]I offered to take her to Donnybrook Fair
[04:26]And to buy her fine ribbons to tie up her hair
[04:34]I offered to marry and to stay by her side
[04:42]But she says in the morning she sailed with the tide
[04:53]Oh, if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
[05:00]I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in
[05:09]And in the top rigging, I would there build my nest
[05:16]And I'd flutter my wings over her lily-white breast
[05:26]My parents they chide me and will not agree
[05:35]Saying that me and my false love, married should never be
[05:42]Ah, but let them deprive me or let them do what they will
[05:50]While there's breath in my body, she's the one that I love still
[06:00]Oh, if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
[06:08]I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in
[06:17]And in the top rigging, I would there build my nest
[06:24]And I'd flutter my wings over her lily-white breast
[00:00.00] 作词 : Stewart