Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Magpie, artist - The Unthanks. Album song Mount the Air, in the genre Музыка мираDate of issue: 08.02.2015
Record label: RabbleRouser
Song language: English
Magpie |
| One’s for sorrow |
| Two’s for joy |
| Three’s for a girl and |
| Four’s for a boy |
| Five’s for silver |
| Six for gold |
| Seven’s for a secret never told |
| Devil, devil, I defy thee |
| Devil, devil, I defy thee |
| Devil, devil, I defy thee |
| Oh the magpie brings us tidings |
| Of news both fair and foul |
| She’s more cunning than the raven |
| More wise than any owl |
| For she brings us news of the harvest |
| Of the barley, wheat, and corn |
| And she knows when we’ll go to our graves |
| And how we shall be born |
| One’s for sorrow |
| Two’s for joy |
| Three’s for a girl and |
| Four’s for a boy |
| Five’s for silver |
| Six for gold |
| Seven’s for a secret never told |
| Devil, devil, I defy thee |
| Devil, devil, I defy thee |
| Devil, devil, I defy thee |
| She brings us news when from the right |
| Grief when from the left |
| Of all the news that’s in the air |
| We know to trust her best |
| For she sees us at our labor |
| And she mocks us at our work |
| And she steals the eggs from out of the nest |
| And she can mob the hawk |
| One’s for sorrow |
| Two’s for joy |
| Three’s for a girl and |
| Four’s for a boy |
| Five’s for silver |
| Six for gold |
| Seven’s for a secret never told |
| Devil, devil, I defy thee |
| Devil, devil, I defy thee |
| Devil, devil, I defy thee |
| Now, the priest he says we’re wicked |
| But to worship the devil’s bird |
| Ah but we respect the old ways |
| And we disregard his word |
| For we know they rest uneasy |
| As we slumber in the night |
| And we’ll always leave out a little bit of meat |
| For the bird that’s black and white |
| One’s for sorrow |
| Two’s for joy |
| Three’s for a girl and |
| Four’s for a boy |
| Five’s for silver |
| Six for gold |
| Seven’s for a secret never told |