Little Sparrow

(Dolly Parton)



Little sparrow, little sparrow

Precious fragile little thing

Little sparrow, little sparrow

Flies so high and feels no pain.



All ye maidens hede my warning

Never trust the hearts of men

They will crush you like a sparrow

Leaving you to never mend.



They will vow to always love you

Swear no love but yours will do

Then they'll leave you for another

Break your little heart in two.



Little sparrow, little sparrow

Precious fragile little thing

Little sparrow, little sparrow

Flies so high and feels no pain.



--- Instrumental ---



If I were a little sparrow

O'er these mountains I would fly

I would find him, I would find him

Look into his lying eyes.



I would flutter all around him

On my little sparrow wings

I would ask him, I would ask him

Why he let me love in vain.



I am not a little sparrow

I am just the broken dream

Of a cold false-hearted lover

And his evil cunning scheme.



Little sparrow, little sparrow

Precious fragile little thing

Little sparrow, little sparrow

Flies so high and feels no pain.



All ye maidens fair and tender

Never trust the hearts of men

They will crush you like a sparrow

Leaving you to never mend.



Little sparrow, little sparrow

Oh the sorrow never ends...