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[Verse 1]
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Can you tell me what happened to the blossom,
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Blackberry blossom when the summertime came?
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The blackberry blossom, oh the last time I saw one
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Was down in the bramble where I rambled in the spring
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The bramble was wild I was torn by the briars
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My love he wooed me as I lie there
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With a flower in my hair and my cheeks all flashy
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Was the Blackberry Blossom from the Blackberry Bush
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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When I picked the berry I didn't miss the blossom
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The blackberry blossom was white as the snow
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But the berry that it brings is sweeter than molasses
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And black as the wings of an Arkansas crow
[Chorus 2]
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The Arkansas crow is a devil and a demon
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Known for his cackling and his screaming
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Driving away the swallow and the thrush
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From the blackberry blossom and the blackberry bush
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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I was picking berries when that crow flew above me
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Carrying my lover so far away
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Now each spring I lay a blackberry blossom
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By a cold gravestone on the Arkansas clay
[Chorus 3]
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The Arkansas clay is rocky and hard
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With weeds growing over in the old graveyard
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And the day settles down to an evening hush
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Over the blackberry blossom and the blackberry bush.
[Outro]
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