O, ladybird   I have heard you wish to walk me through your garden   I crave your pardon if I woke you with my thinking   Ladybird      O, ladybird   I have heard you wish to walk me through your meadow   You'll spread no wings to fly in fright if I'm beside you   Ladybird      All through the winter time   When wood was worm and splintered   Time seemed longer than a goods train   Now that spring is back again   I'll ask your name, your name      O, ladybird   I have heard you wish to walk across my pillow   No weeping willow was ever as beautiful, sad as you are   Ladybird      And as you're walking past   I'm laying on the grass and making chains of thought   To snare you with my wit   But bit by bit you fade to gone   Gone      All through the iron season   Love was hanged and treason became   Something of a parlour game   Now sun is back in power   I'll ask your name, your name      O, ladybird   I have heard you have to run to tend your children   No flood can drown nor fire blacken purest longing   For ladybird   Ladybird