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Artist: Jethro Tull
Canonical path: /jethro-tull/the-whistler
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Whistler
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The Whistler
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I'll buy you six bay mares, to put in your stable
Six golden apples bought with my pay
I am the first piper who calls the sweet tune
But I must be gone by the seventh day
So come on - I'm the Whistler. I have a fife and a drum to play
Get ready - for the Whistler. I whistle along on the seventh day
Whistle along on the seventh day
All kinds of sadness I've left behind me
Many's the day when I have done wrong
But I'll be yours for ever and ever
Climb in the saddle and whistle along
So come on - I'm the Whistler. I have a fife and a drum to play
Get ready - for the Whistler. I whistle along on the seventh day
Whistle along on the seventh day
Deep red are the sunsets in mystical places
Black are the nights on summer-day sands
We'll find the speck of truth in each riddle
Hold the first grain of love in our hands
So come on - I'm the Whistler. I have a fife and a drum to play
Get ready - for the Whistler. I whistle along on the seventh day
So come on - I'm a Whistler. I have a fife and a drum to play
Get ready - for the Whistler. I whistle along on the seventh day
Whistle along on the seventh day
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