The Magpie

by Donovan

From the album: A Gift From a Flower to a Garden

Track 20 of 22 on A Gift From a Flower to a Garden (1967).

Duration: 1:29

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Lyrics for The Magpie

The magpie is a most illustrious bird Dwells in a diamond tree One brings sorrow and one brings joy Sorrow and joy for me The magpie is a most royal bird Black and blue as night I would that I had feathers three Black and blue and white I saw the gentle magpie birds In dusky yester-eve One brought sorrow and one brought joy And sooner than soon did leave The magpie is a most illustrious bird Dwells in a diamond tree One brings sorrow and one brings joy Sorrow and joy for me Sorrow and joy for me

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  7. Little Boy In Corduroy
  8. Under The Greenwood Tree
  9. The Land Of Doesn't Have To Be
  10. Someone's Singing
  11. Song Of The Naturalist's Wife
  12. The Enchanted Gypsy
  13. Voyage Into The Golden Screen
  14. Isle Of Islay
  15. The Mandolin Man and His Secret
  16. Lay Of The Last Tinker
  17. The Tinker & The Crab
  18. Widow With Shawl (A Portrait)
  19. The Lullaby Of Spring
  20. The Magpie
  21. Starfish-On-The-Toast
  22. Epistle To Derroll