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The lord and lady walking, they wander off

Did not greet the bird that came to land

The lord took his pistol, aimed and fired

Left the bird to die in the sand

For many weeks he wondered about his kill

The Magpie that he ripped from life

But on his land another came to haunt

Dressed in black, he was looking for his wife

One for sorrow, two for mirth

I put your wife into the earth

Three times three, four for dreams

Listen to her horrid screams

One for sorrow, two for mirth

Three times three, four for dreams

Serenading me with her screams

One, two - curse you

Three, four - heed lore

One for sorrow, two for mirth

I put your darling wife into the earth

Three times three, four for dreams

Serenading me with her screams

Then the lady fair, disappeared

And the lord and his men did her seek

Found her lifeless body, eyes pecked out

Mr Magpie grimaced through his beak

One for sorrow, two for mirth

I put your darling wife into the earth

Three times three, four for dreams

Serenading me with her screams

One, two - curse you

Three, four - heed lore