Chorus
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Where be that Blackbird to? I know where he be.
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He be up yon Wurzel tree. And I be after he.
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Now I sees he. He sees I. Buggered if I don't get him.
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With a gert big stick I'll knock him down. Blackbird I'll 'ave he.
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La la la la la la. la la la la la la. Ow's your father? Alright.
Verse 1
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All my life I'm on the farm, working for me keep.
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Tending pigs and chickens, and them cows and sheep.
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But everywhere I'm working, there's one who always mocks me.
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He's hiding somewhere in the trees, blackbird I'll 'ave he
Verse 2
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Underneath the open sky, in spring we loves to dine.
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We likes to hear the flapping of the missus' washing line.
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We listens to a tuneful song, a blackbird or a tit
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But on me vest and underpants, he scored a direct hit
Verse 3
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If I go out poaching, a creeping through the fields.
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With my old retriever, a following at me heels.
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If I aim me shotgun, at a pheasant in the hay.
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That bloody blackbird starts his row, and frightens him away.
Verse 4
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No longer can I sleep at night, get peace of any kind
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That bird'll be the death of me, he's preying on me mind
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If I chase him long enough, I'll get'en by and by.
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And celebrate me victory with a gert big blackbird pie
