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 warm 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