If you see a magpie remember the rhyme   One for sorrow and two for joy   Three for a girl and four for a boy   Five for silver and six for gold   Seven for a secret never to be told   Wear a spider ‘round your neck in a walnut shell   Keep a folded newspaper in your shoe   Stick the pages up with wallpaper glue   The devil has to read every word   Before he can get to you I’ve heard      May your soul get to Heaven   May your soul get to Heaven   Get to Heaven so the devil knows you’re dead       Don’t you let the robin in keep the white moth out   See the seventh son of the seventh son   If you need healing, well, he’s the one   It never bodes well to see a dog cry   You dreamed of snow now your parents are gonna die   If she doesn’t drop the scissors then she’s been true   But don’t part ways on a bridge, my friend   ‘Cause you’ll never see each other again   And if you catch a sparrow on Valentine’s Day   You’ll marry poor but be happy anyway      May your soul get to Heaven   May your soul get to Heaven   Get to Heaven so the devil knows you’re dead       Throw the windows up, move the birdcage out   If the doors are locked, his soul can’t leave   Take all the buttons off his sleeve   Sew up his pockets and close his eyes   If you lived a good life there’ll be flowers on your grave   And they’ll keep one half of your comb   But don’t ever try to follow them home   ‘Cause they don’t want you there no more at all      May your soul get to Heaven   May your soul get to Heaven   Get to Heaven so the devil knows you’re dead