Michelle Shocked - Blackberry Blossom Lyrics
Michelle Shocked (Poly Gram Songs, Inc)Can you tell me what happened to the blossomBlackberry blossom when the summertime came?The blackberry blossom, oh the last time I saw oneWas down in the bramble where I rambled in the springThe bramble was wild I was torn by the briarsMy love he wooed me as I lie thereWith a flower in my hair and my cheeks all flashyWas the blackberry blossom from the blackberry bushWhen I picked the berry I didn't miss the blossomThe blackberry blossom was white as the snowBut the berry that it brings is sweeter than molassesAnd black as the wings of the Arkansas crowThe Arkansas crow is a devil and a demonKnown for his cackling and his screamingDriving away the swallow and the thrushFrom the blackberry blossom and the blackberry bush I was picking berries when that crow flew above meCarrying my lover so far awayNow each spring I lay a blackberry blossomBy a cold gravestone on the Arkansas clayThe Arkansas clay is rocky and hardWith weeds growing over in the old graveyardAnd the day settles down to an evening hush Over the blackberry blossom and the blackberry bush
