Peter Warlock - The Magpie - текст песни (слова)

I lingered near a cottage door,
 And the magpie said "Come in!"
 The door was open, I went in
 And I saw standing there
 A maiden with a dimpled chin
 A-combing her black hair.
 A sweet surprise was in her eyes,
 But still she did not frown,
 But even smiled, the pretty child,
 And the magpie said "Sit down!"
 
 I sat down in her father's chair
 And the magpie said "Kiss her!"
 And yet the maiden didn't speak
 Which made me think "I will!"
 For as the red rushed to her cheek
 She looked more lovely still.
 But when in haste I clasped her waist
 She screamed out "No! No! No!"
 But 'twas so nice I kissed her twice
 And the magpie said "Bravo!"
 
 Her father then came rushing in, 
 And the magpie said "Get out!"
 Her father's voice was like a rasp
 And swearing he began 
 And I experienced the grasp,
 The grasp of an honest man.
 He rained such blows upon my clothes
 I feel them to this day;
 He kicked me too as out I flew,
 And the magpie said "Hooray!"