Tiny Sparrow Lyrics - Peter, Paul & Mary

Come all ye fair and tender ladies 

Take warning how you court your men 

They're like the stars on a summer's mornin' 

First they'll appear and then they're gone 

If I had known before I courted 

What all his lyin' could have done 

I'd have locked my heart in a box of golden 

And never would have courted none 

I wish I were a tiny sparrow 

And I had wings and I could fly 

I'd fly away to my own true lover 

And all he'd ask I would deny 

Alas I'm not a tiny sparrow 

I have not wings nor can I fly 

And on this earth in grief and sorrow 

I am bound until I die