The Wurzels - Blackbird

^BbWhere be that Blackbird to? I know where he ^Fbe. He be up yon Wurzel tree. And ^EbI be after ^Bbhe. Now ^BbI sees he. ^EbHe sees I. ^BbBuggered if I don't ^Ebget him. With a ^Bbgert big ^Fstick I'll ^Ebknock him ^Bbdown. Blackbird I'll '^Fave ^Bbhe. La la la la la la. la la la la la la. Ow's your father? ^FAlr^Bbight.

^BbAll my life I'm on the farm, working for me ^Ebkeep. ^FTending pigs and chickens, and them cows and ^Bbsheep. But everywhere I'm working, there's one who always ^Ebmocks me. He's ^Fhiding somewhere in the trees, blackbird I'll '^Bbave he

^BbUnderneath the open sky, in spring we loves to ^Ebdine. We ^Flikes to hear the flapping of the missus' washing ^Bbline. We listens to a tuneful song, a blackbird or a ^Ebtit But ^Fon me vest and underpants, he scored a direct ^Bbhit

^BbIf I go out poaching, a creeping through the ^Ebfields. ^FWith my old retriever, a following at me ^Bbheels. If I aim me shotgun, at a pheasant in the ^Ebhay. That ^Fbloody blackbird starts his row, and frightens him a^Bbway.

^BbNo longer can I sleep at night, get peace of any ^Ebkind That ^Fbird'll be the death of me, he's preying on me ^Bbmind If I chase him long enough, I'll get'en by and ^Ebby. And ^Fcelebrate me victory with a gert big blackbird ^Bbpie