C G7 C
As I was a walking and a rambling on day,
G7
I spied a young couple so fondly did stray.
C G7
And one was a young maide, so sweet and so fair,
C F G7 C
And the other one was a soldier and a brave Grenadier.
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C F G7 C
And they kissed so sweet and comforting as they clung to each other.
C G7
They went arm and arm down the road like sister and brother.
C G7
They went arm and arm down the road till they came to a stream,
C F G7 C
And they both sat down together, love, to hear the nightingale sing.
C G7 C
Then out of his knapsack he drew a fine fiddle.
C G7
And he played her such merry tunes that you ever did hear.
C G7
And he played her such merry tunes that the valleys did ring.
C F G7 C
«Oh»,softly cried the fair maide,»hear the Nightingale sing.»
Cho.
C G7 C
«Oh»,then said the fair maide,»won’t you merry me?»
G7
«Oh no», said the soldier, «however could that be?»
C G7
«For I’ve me own wife at home in the old country,»
C F G7 C
«And she is the fairest little thing that you ever did see.»
Cho.
C G7 C
«Now I’m off to India for several long years,»
C G7
«Drinkin’ Wine and strong whiskey instead of pale beer.»
C G7
«But if ever I return again, it will be in the spring,»
C F G7 C
«And we’ll both sit down together,Love, to hear the Nightingale sing.»
