Blackberry Blossom Lyrics - Michelle Shocked

Can you tell me what happened to the blossom 

Blackberry blossom when the summertime came? 

The blackberry blossom, oh the last time I saw one 

Was down in the bramble where I rambled in the spring 

The bramble was wild I was torn by the briars 

My love he wooed me as I lie there 

With a flower in my hair and my cheeks all flashy 

Was the blackberry blossom from the blackberry bush? 

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

The blackberry blossom was white as the snow 

But the berry that it brings is sweeter than molasses 

And black as the wings of the Arkansas crow 

The Arkansas crow is a devil and a demon 

Known for his cackling and his screaming 

Driving away the swallow and the thrush 

From the blackberry blossom and the blackberry bush 

I was picking berries when that crow flew above me 

Carrying my lover so far away 

Now each spring I lay a blackberry blossom 

By a cold gravestone on the Arkansas clay 

The Arkansas clay is rocky and hard 

With weeds growing over in the old graveyard 

And the day settles down to an evening hush 

Over the blackberry blossom and the blackberry bush