Davey Dodds – The Magpie

Davey Dodds – The Magpie Lyrics

Artist: Davey Dodds
Song: The Magpie

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
More cunning than the raven
More wise than any owl
And 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 is for gold
Seven’s for a secret never told
She brings us joy when from the right

And 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 labour

And she mocks us at our work
And she steals the egg 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 is for gold
Seven’s for a secret never told
Now, the priest, he says we’re wicked

And that worship the devil’s bird
But we respect the old ways
And we disregard his word
For we know they rest uneasy

As they slumber in the night
And we always leave a little bit of meat
For the bird that’s black and white
Devil, devil, I defy thee

Devil, devil, I defy thee
Devil, devil, I defy thee
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Release Year: 2017