[00:00.00]The Nightingale
[00:01.00]Gather round lads!
[00:04.00]As I was out walking one morning in May
[00:09.73]I spied a young couple who fondly did stray
[00:15.83]One was a young maid, so sweet and so fair
[00:21.19]And the other was a soldier
[00:23.97]and a bold Grenadier
[00:26.30]And they kiss, so sweet and comforting
[00:28.18]as they clung to each other
[00:30.95]Sing along boys!
[00:32.20]They went arm and arm along the road
[00:34.44]like sister and brother
[00:37.91]They went arm and arm along the road
[00:40.36]till they came to a stream
[00:43.59]And they both sat down together
[00:45.96]to hear the nightingale sing
[00:48.91]
[00:50.03]Out of his knapsack
[00:52.06]he took a fine fiddle
[00:55.41]and he played such a merry tone
[00:58.04]that you ever did hear
[01:01.54]and he played such a merry tone
[01:03.58]that the valley did ring
[01:06.97]Oh soft cried the fair maid
[01:09.31]to hear the nightingale sing
[01:11.87]And they kiss, so sweet and comforting
[01:13.84]as they clung to each other
[01:16.90]They went arm and arm along the road
[01:19.89]like sister and brother
[01:22.89]They went arm and arm along the road
[01:25.63]till they came to a stream
[01:28.72]And they both sat down together
[01:31.07]to hear the nightingale sing
[01:34.37]
[01:35.00]Well I'm off, to India
[01:37.31]for seven long years
[01:40.36]Drinkin' wine and whiskey
[01:43.00]instead of small beers
[01:46.10]And if I return again
[01:48.58]it will be in the spring
[01:52.12]And we'll both sit down together
[01:54.38]to hear the nightingale sing
[01:56.66]
[01:57.00]Well then said the fair maid
[01:58.60]will ya not marry me?
[02:02.22]Oh no, said the soldier
[02:04.78]how well can that be?
[02:08.25]For I have my own wife
[02:10.56]on the banks of the deep
[02:13.85]And she's the fairest damsel that you ever did see
[02:19.29]And they kiss, so sweet and comforting
[02:20.93]as they clung to each other
[02:24.39]They went arm and arm along the road
[02:26.83]like sister and brother
[02:29.99]They went arm and arm along the road
[02:32.47]till they came to a stream
[02:35.97]And they both sat down together
[02:38.17]to hear the nightingale sing

The Nightingale
Gather round lads!
As I was out walking one morning in May
I spied 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 bold Grenadier
And they kiss, so sweet and comforting
as they clung to each other
Sing along boys!
They went arm and arm along the road
like sister and brother
They went arm and arm along the road
till they came to a stream
And they both sat down together
to hear the nightingale sing
Out of his knapsack
he took a fine fiddle
and he played such a merry tone
that you ever did hear
and he played such a merry tone
that the valley did ring
Oh soft cried the fair maid
to hear the nightingale sing
And they kiss, so sweet and comforting
as they clung to each other
They went arm and arm along the road
like sister and brother
They went arm and arm along the road
till they came to a stream
And they both sat down together
to hear the nightingale sing
Well I'm off, to India
for seven long years
Drinkin' wine and whiskey
instead of small beers
And if I return again
it will be in the spring
And we'll both sit down together
to hear the nightingale sing
Well then said the fair maid
will ya not marry me?
Oh no, said the soldier
how well can that be?
For I have my own wife
on the banks of the deep
And she's the fairest damsel that you ever did see
And they kiss, so sweet and comforting
as they clung to each other
They went arm and arm along the road
like sister and brother
They went arm and arm along the road
till they came to a stream
And they both sat down together
to hear the nightingale sing