The Magpie's Nest - Alasdair Roberts

Oh if I was the king

I would make you the queen

I would roll you in my arms where the meadows are green

I would roll you in my arms

Lay you down to rest

Beside my Irish fairy in the magpie’s nest

For the magpie’s nest is a cottage neat and clean

And it stands beside the Shannon where the meadows are green

And I never saw a princess

With beauty such as this

My little Irish fairy in the magpie’s nest