Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Peter Paul And Mary
Canonical path: /peter-paul-and-mary/tiny-sparrow
Related lyric paths: 6
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Tiny Sparrow
Read Tiny Sparrow lyrics by Peter Paul And Mary on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Tiny Sparrow
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Come all ye fair and tender ladies,
Take warning how you court your men.
They're like the stars on a summer's mornin'
First they'll appear and then they're gone.
If I had known before I courted
What all his lyin' would have done
I'd have locked my heart in a box of golden
And never would have courted none.
I wish I were a tiny sparrow
And I had wings and I could fly.
I'd fly away to my own true lover
And all he'd ask I would deny.
Alas I'm not a tiny sparrow
I have not wings nor can I fly
And on this earth in grief and sorrow
I am bound until I die.
Come all ye fair and tender ladies
Take warning how you court your men.
They're like the stars on a summer's mornin'
First they'll appear and then they're gone.
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