Levon Helm Follow

little birds are singing all around me,on every bush and vine
my pleasures would be doubled if i could call you mine
as ive sat here they hold night through till now its a breakin' day
im a waitin for an answer, kind lady what do you say?
if i could tell to you my mind, i would choose a single life
for i would never thought that it suited for me to be your wife.
so he wrote to her an answer and he sent it by full speed
you know i once did love you dearly, i once loved you in deed
but since that time my mind has changed i loved another way
i love a pretty fair damsel more suitable for me.
and it had not been, but a very short time 'til this maiden's mind did change.
she wrote him a letter, kind sir i am ashamed.
if ever i have slighted you or ever done you wrong
i am so far away from you that i cant hear you moan.
little birds are singing all around me, on every bus and vine
my pleasures would be doubled if i could call you mine
my pleasures would be doubled if i could call you mine