If I was a blackbird - Silly Wizard

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, Oh but now she has left me, And sailed far away. Chorus: Oh, if I was a blackbird could whistle and sing, I’d follow the vessel my true love sails in, And in the top riggin’ I would there build my nest, And I’d flutter my wings o’er her lilly 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 grie