The Nightingale Lyrics

                       THE NIGHTINGALE                           
  

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As I was a walking and a rambling on day, 
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I spied a young couple so fondly did stray. 
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And one was a young maide, so sweet and so fair, 
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And the other one was a soldier and a brave Grenadier.   

CHORUS:   

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And they kissed so sweet and comforting as they clung to each other.  
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They went arm and arm down the road like sister and brother. 
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They went arm and arm down the road till they came to a stream, 
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and they both sat down together, love, to hear the nightingale sing. 
 

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Then out of his knapsack he drew a fine fiddle. 
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And he played her such merry tunes that you ever did hear. 
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And he played her such merry tunes that the valleys did ring. 
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"Oh",softly cried the fair maide,"hear the Nightingale sing." 

Cho. 

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"Oh",then said the fair maide,"won't you merry me?" 
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"Oh no", said the soldier, "however could that be?" 
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"For I've me own wife at home in the old country," 
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"And she is the fairest little thing that you ever did see." 
Cho. 
 
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"Now I'm off to India for several long years," 
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"Drinkin' Wine and strong whiskey instead of pale beer." 
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"But if ever I return again, it will be in the spring," 
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"And we'll both sit down together,Love, to hear the Nightingale sing."