Blackbirds and Thrushes

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Blackbirds and Thrushes  
Sung by Dickie Lashbrook.

Recorded by Peter Kennedy in Lifton, Devon, England, in 1952.

If maidens could sing like blackbirds and thrushes,
How many young men would hide in the bushes?
Sing, fal-de-ral, tal-de-ral, fal-ral-lal-day.

If maidens could run like hares on the commons,
How many young men would take horse and ride hunting?

If maidens could swim like fish in the water,
How many young men would undress and dive after?


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