[Intro]



[Verse 1]
             
I met a girl o

              
ut in the hill

      
s who gave my 

lonely heart a

 thrill,
             
Her beauty see

              
med just like 

             
a breath of sp

       
ring,
             
And when I loo

              
ked into her e

      
yes I thought 

of bluish summ

er skies,
             
And when I hel

              
d her hand in 

             
mine I heard t

             
he bluebirds s

ing.


[Chorus 1]
             
They sang of w


ondering (Wond

ering if you l

ove her)
         
Will she marry

  (Marry if yo

u'll ask her)
            
Will her heart

              
 beat (Heart b

              
eat true for h

         
im for} then a

nd ever-more,
              
And when she's

 
 lonely (Lonel

y is he near h

er}
             
When there's s

adness (Sadnes

s will you che

er her)
             
Will they alwa

              
ys (Always be 

              
together) Unti

              
l in death the

  
y part.


[Interlude]
        


[Verse 2]
             
I courted her 

              
for months on 

      
end until she 

promised we wo

uld wed,
             
We planned on 

              
being married 

               
in the spring,
             
All through th

              
e long cold wi

              
nter months it

 
 seemed like s

pring would ne

ver come,
             
And every gloo

              
my winter's da

             
y I heard the 

          
bluebirds sing

.


[Chorus 2]
             
They sang of w


aiting (Waitin

g for the flow

ers)
       
And of countin

g (Counting ev

ery hour)
            
Till the blueb

              
ird (Bluebird 

              
chirps his wel

        
come) Into the

 world once mo

re,
              
And though we'

   
re waiting  (W

aiting for the

 sunshine)
        
We keep hating

  (Hating ever

y storm-cloud)
            
That has gathe

              
red  (Gathered

              
 over the moun

              
tains) To keep

         
 us far apart.


[Interlude]
        


[Verse 3]
             
And when at la

              
st spring touc

              
hed the earth,

         
 We were marri

ed in the vill

age church,
             
Our wedding se

              
emed just like

              
 a dream come 

        
true,
             
Tho many years

              
 have come and

           
 gone, Our lov

e is still as 

true and stron

g,
             
As when I foun

              
d her long ago

             
 and still the

          
 bluebird sing

s.


[Chorus 3]
           
He sang of lov

ing  (Loving e

very hour)
         
That I'm marri

ed  (Married t

o my flower)
            
And we're happ

              
y (Happy ever 

          
after) As sinc

e the day we m

et,
              
And though we'

   
re older  (Old

er love is swe

eter)
        
We grow fonder

  (Fonder of e

ach other)
            
We'll be sweet

              
hearts (Sweeth

              
earts close to

              
gether) Until 

           
the end of tim

e.