ONE FOR SORROW 
Dorothy Squires


^One for sorrow, two for joy
Three for a letter and four for a boy
Five for silver, six for gold
Seven for a secret that’s never been told^^

Do you remember, as a child, looking up into the sky
Counting blackbirds on the wing and the song we used to sing?

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On the day you left me, came blackbird number one
Bringing me the sorrow and took away the sun
I searched the sky, that lonely sky
For two or three or four
For joy a letter would bring to me
From the boy who I adore

One for sorrow, two for joy
Three for a letter and four for a boy

You left me over things I said
You know my love is true
And five would turn my darkest clouds
Into a silver dew

Today I saw six blackbirds
Flying on their way
A lonely blackbird joined them
And they seemed to say

Five for silver, six for gold
Seven for a secret that’s never been told

You’re coming back to me my love
With a band of gold
And then I’ll share a secret
A secret I’ve never told

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