[Verse 1]
Oh, the white dove is a pretty bird, and she sings as she flies
And she brings us glad tidings and she tells us no lies
And she drinks the spring water for to make her voice clear
When a nest she is building and the summer draws near

[Verse 2]
Come all you young fellows take warning by me
Don't go for the soldier don't join no army
For the white dove she will leave you and the raven will come
And death will come marching at the bеat of a drum

[Verse 3]
Come all you pretty fair maids, come who walk in thе sun
Don't let your, your young man ever carry a gun
For the white dove, it will scare her, and she will fly away
And then there will a be a weeping by night and by day

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