Forbidden Love

I am a young maiden, my story is sad 
  For once I was carefree and in love with a lad 

  He courted me sweetly, by night and by day 
  But now he has left me and gone 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 to his broad golden chest 

  He sailed o'er the ocean, his fortune to seek 
  I missed his caresses and his kiss on my cheek 

  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 to his broad golden chest 

  Then he offered to marry and to stay by my side 
  But then in the morning he sailed with the tide 

  I am a young maiden, my story is sad 

  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 to his broad golden chest