(E. Pugh)

Oh-oo the magpie's calling

The farmer has had a child

Will it live or will it die

Only this bird will tell

Oh-oo the magpie's calling

One for death

Two for love

Three for the gypsy's journey

Never to be done

One - Two come the magpies calls

On Jonny's wedding day

But on the bed of old Caradoc

There was only to be one

Oh-oo the magpie's calling

One for death

Two for love

Three for the gypsy's journey

Never to be done