The Nightingale
Capo 1st Fret
(There are two words were I could not put an apostrophe in - (they are I m and we
ll), so just put it in yourself as I have left the space).
As I went a walking one morning in May
I met a young couple who fondly did stray
One was a young maid so sweet and so fair
And the other was a soldier and a brave grenadier
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And they kissed so sweet and comforting as the clung to each other
They went arm and arm along the road like sister and brother
They went arm in arm along the road til they came to a stream
And they both sat down together love to hear the nightingale sing
Well out of his knapsack he took a fine fiddle
And he played her such a merry tune that you ever did hear
And he played her such a merry tune that the valley did ring
And they both sat down together love to hear the nightingale sing
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Well I m off to India for seven long years
Drinking wines and strong whiskeys instead of cool beers
And if ever I return again it will be in the spring
And we ll both sit down together love to hear the nightingale sing
Oh soldier, Oh soldier, will you marry me
Oh no said the soldier that never can be
For I have a wife at home in my own country
And she is the sweetest thing that you ever did see
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