Magpie

One's for sorrow, two's for joy
 Three's for a girl and four's for a boy
 Five's for silver, six for gold
 Seven's for a secret never told
 Devil, devil, I defy thee
 Devil, devil, I defy thee
 Devil, devil, I defy thee
 Oh, the magpie brings us tidings
 Of news both fair and foul
 She's more cunning than the raven
 More wise than any owl
 For she brings us news of the harvest
 Of the barley, wheat, and corn
 And she knows when we'll go to our graves
 And how we shall be born
 One's for sorrow, two's for joy
 Three's for a girl and four's for a boy
 Five's for silver, six for gold
 Seven's for a secret never told
 Devil, devil, I defy thee
 Devil, devil, I defy thee
 Devil, devil, I defy thee
 She brings us joy when from the right
 Grief when from the left
 Of all the news that's in the air
 We know to trust her best
 For she sees us at our labour
 And she mocks us at our work
 And she steals the eggs from out of the nest
 And she can mob the hawk
 One's for sorrow, two's for joy
 Three's for a girl and four's for a boy
 Five's for silver, six for gold
 Seven's for a secret never told
 Devil, devil, I defy thee
 Devil, devil, I defy thee
 Devil, devil, I defy thee
 The priest, he says we're wicked
 For to worship the devil's bird
 Ah, but we respect the old ways
 And we disregard his word
 For we know they rest uneasy
 As we slumber in the night
 And we'll always leave out a little bit of meat
 For the bird that's black and white
 One's for sorrow, two's for joy
 Three's for a girl and four's for a boy
 Five's for silver, six for gold
 Seven's for a secret never told