[Verse 1]
Oh can't 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

[Verse 2]
Of all the colors I ever did see
Red and black are the ones I dread
For when a man spills blood on the coal
They carry him down from the coal mines dead

[Verse 3]
Oh fly away you red-winged bird
Leave behind the miner's wife
She'll dream about you when you're gone
She'll dream about you all her life

[Verse 4]
Oh can't 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