little birds

little birds are singing all around me, on every bush and vine, my pleasures would be doubled if i could call you mine. as i've sat here the whole night through till now it's a breakin' day, i'm awaitin' 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 indeed. "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 can't hear you moan", little birds are singing all around me, on every bush and vine, my pleasures would be doubled if i could call you mine;, my pleasures would be doubled if i could call you mine