O ladybird
I have heard you wish to walk me through your garden
I crave your pardon if I woke you with my thinking
LadybirdO ladybird
I have heard you wish to walk me through your meadow
You'll spread no wings to fly in fright if I'm beside you
LadybirdAll through the winter time
When wood was warm and splintered
Time seemed longer than a goods train
Now that spring is back again I'll ask your name
Your nameO ladybird
I have heard you wish to walk across my pillow
No weeping willow was ever as beautiful, sad as you are
LadybirdAnd as you're walking past
I'm laying on the grass and making chains of thought
To snare you with my wit
But bit by bit you fade to gone
GoneAll through the iron season
Love was hanged and treason became
Something of a parlour game
Now sun is back in power I'll ask your name
Your nameO ladybird
I have heard you have to run to tend your children
No flood can drown nor fire blacken purest longing
For ladybird
Ladybird
Songwriters
PARTRIDGE, ANDYPublished by
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