Name: Little Sparrow
Duration: P00H08M40S
Description: Traditional, arranged by Alex Rake and Shaun Novak

Little Sparrow

from Pleasant by Request by Alex Rake and the Leaves

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Traditional, arranged by Alex Rake and Shaun Novak

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come all ye fair and tender ladies
be careful how ye court young men
for they're like a star on a summer's morning
first, they appear
then, they're gone

they'll tell you stories and you'll believe them
when they declare their love so true
and then they are off to court some other
and there's all the love
they saved for you

do you remember our days of courting?
how i would rest my head against your breast?
you could make me believe by the side you awoke on
that the sun really rose
in the west

now i wish a was a little sparrow
that i had wings, that i could fly
for i'd fly to the arms of my once-true lover
and there i'd be
content to die

but i am not some little sparrow
i don't got wings, i can't fly
i have to sit and sing in sorrow
i have to sing
my troubles by

and if i had known before i courted
i never would have courted none
i'd lock my heart in a cage and leave it
on the pavement
to crust in the sun

now come all ye fair and tender ladies
be careful how ye court this man
for i'm like a star on a summer's morning
first, i appear
then, i'm gone

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from Pleasant by Request, released September 13, 2019

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Alex Rake and the Leaves Mission, British Columbia

Alex Rake is a songwriter, poet, and playwright from the Fraser Valley and the Leaves are his friends.

They yell and improvise all over troubadour songs.

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