Oh cant you see that pretty little bird Singing with all his heart and soul He's got a blood red spot on his wing And all the rest of him's black as coal Of all the colors i ever did see Red and black are the ones i dread Oh when a man spills blood on the coal They carry him down from the coalmines dead Oh fly away you redwinged bird Leave behind the miners wife She'll dream about you when your gone She'll dream about you all her life Oh cant you see that pretty little bird Singing with all his heart and soul He's got a blood red spot on his wing And all the rest of him's black as coal