Magpie

Magpie, was it you who stole the wedding ring?
Or what other thieving bird would steal such hope away?
Magpie, I am lost among the hinterland
Caught among the bracken and the fern and the boys who have no name

There’s no name for us

Still we sing

And still we sing

Little boy, little boy, lost and blue
Listen now, let me tell you what to do
You can run on, run along, alone or home between the knees of her
All among her bracken and her ferns and the boy will have a name

We will sing

And we will sing

One for sorrow
Two for joy
Three for a girl
Four for a boy
Five for silver
Six for gold
Seven for a secret, never to be told