BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM

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Can you tell me what happened to the blossom,

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The blackberry blossom when summertime came ?

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The blackberry blossom, oh, the last time I saw one

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Was down in the bramble where I rambled in the spring.

Em

The bramble was wild, I was torn by the briars,

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And my lover, he wooed me as I lied there

Em

With a flower in my hair and my cheeks all flushed,

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It was a blackberry blossom from a blackberry bush.

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When I picked the berry I didn't miss the blossom,

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The blackberry blossom was white as the snow.

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The berry that it brings is sweeter than molasses,

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And black as the wings of an Arkansas crow.

Em

The Arkansas crow is a devil and a demon,

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Known for his cackling and his screaming,

Em

Driving away the swallow and the thrush

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From the blackberry blossom and the blackberry bush.

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I was picking berries when that crow flew above me

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Carrying my lover so far away.

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Now each spring I lay a blackberry blossom

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By a cold grave stone on the Arkansas clay.

Em

The Arkansas clay is rocky and hard

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With weeds grown over in the old grave yard.

Em

As the day settles down to an evening hush

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Over the blackberry blossom and the blackberry bush.

Recorded by: Michelle Shocked

"Arkansas Traveler"