The chords to The Blackbird and the Thrush presented here in the key of A minor. Use our chord converter to play the song in other keys. The lyrics are a story about the joys of being single and the stresses of being married.
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I sent my love a red rose, a red so fine
She sent me back an answer mixed with rue and thyme
Saying: “Keep your red rose and I’ll keep my thyme
And drink you to your true love and I’ll drink to mine.”
I sent my lover a letter to see if she’d mourn
She sent me back an answer; she could do her own turn.
I can work or sit idle, if occasion I see
I can rest when I’m tired, he is no match for me.
Oh, meeting’s a pleasure and parting’s a grief
And an inconstant lover is worse than a thief
For a thief can but rob you, steal all that you have
But and inconstant lover would send you to your grave.
The Blackbird and the Thrush lyrics and chords print version
I sent my love a red rose, a red so fine
She sent me back an answer mixed with rue and thyme
Saying: “Keep your red rose and I’ll keep my thyme
And drink you to your true love and I’ll drink to mine.”
I sent my lover a letter to see if she’d mourn
She sent me back an answer; she could do her own turn.
I can work or sit idle, if occasion I see
I can rest when I’m tired, he is no match for me.
Oh, meeting’s a pleasure and parting’s a grief
And an inconstant lover is worse than a thief
For a thief can but rob you, steal all that you have
But and inconstant lover would send you to your grave.