If I Was A Blackbird  (Male Version)
Andy M. Stewart

  Am                G                             F
I am a young sailor, my story is sad
        Am              Em                  Am            Em
For once I was carefree and a bold sailor lad
    C             Em         Am                Em
I courted a lassie by night and by day
       Am                 G                                     F
But now she has left me and gone far away

Chorus:

      Am             G                                                       F
Oh if I was a blackbird, could whistle and could sing
       Am         Em           Am                  Em
I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in
        C               Em                    Am                   Em
And in the top rigging I would there build my nest
             Am            G                                         F
And I'd flutter my wings o'er her lily- white breast

   Am               G                            F
Or if I was a scholar and could handle a pen
        Am               Em            Am                Em
One secret love letter to my true love I'd send
            C               Em             Am                 Em
And I'd tell of my sorrow, my grief and my pain
           Am                      G                                  F
Since she's gone and left me in yon flowery glen

 Am                     G                                  F
I sailed o'er the ocean, my fortune to seek
                Am                  Em                 Am             Em
Though I missed her caress and her kiss on my cheek
        C               Em             Am                 Em
I returned and I told her my love was still warm
               Am                 G                                         F
But she turned away lightly and great was her scorn

   Am             G                                      F
I offered to take her to Donnybrook Fair
        Am                    Em          Am            Em
And to buy her fine ribbons to tie up her hair
        C        Em                 Am              Em
I offered to marry and to stay by her side
               Am             G                                            F
But she says in the morning she sails with the tide

      Am                   G                                      F
My parents they chide me, and will not agree
                   Am                Em                           Am            Em
Saying that me and my false love married should never be
          C                 Em                           Am                 Em
Ah but let them deprive me, or let them do what they will
                      Am                  G                                                 F
While there's breath in my body, she's the one that I love still
 

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