WEB OF BIRDSONG
(learned from Bob Coltman who wrote it in 1960)
If you will weave me a web of birdsong
If you will weave me a green grass basket
If you will love me more than fully,
If you will bear me the child of our dreams
If you will build me a bonny, bonny boat
(from miriam berg's folksong collection)
From the thrush or the linnet,
Then you shall have my heart and hand
And all the love there's in it.
If you will weave me a scallop shell
As purple as the violets in May,
Then I'll be yours, and only yours, and never go away.
To carry our heart's love in,
Then you shall have my heart and hand
To lock with a silver pin,
If you will make me a cloak of kisses
For cover on a rainy day,
Then I'll be yours, and only yours, and never go away.
And longer than forever,
Then we two shall married be
With a knot that none can sever.
If you will love me in the night,
And love me in the day,
Then I'll be yours, and only yours, and never go away.
And raise him to be a man,
Then I will love you more than fully,
And much more than I can,
If you will bear me a cobweb child
That lives unto the day,
Then I'll be yours, and only yours, and never go away.
To sail on the water so wide,
Then we will sail the seas of love,
And you shall ride inside.
If you will build me a house of moonbeams
That lasts unto the day,
Then I'll be yours, and only yours, and never go away.