One Morning In May

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One morning, one morning, one 
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morning in May
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I spied a young couple, they were 
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making their way
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One was a maiden, so bright and so 
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fair
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and the other was a soldier and a 
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brave volunteer

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"Good Morning, Good Morning, Good 
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Morning," said he
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"And where are you going, My 
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pretty lady?"
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"I'm going out a-walking on the 
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banks of the sea
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Just to see the waters gliding, 
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hear the Nightingale sing."

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Now they had not been standing but
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 a minute or two
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When out of his knapsack a fiddle
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 he drew
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And the tune that he played made 
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the valleys all ring
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"O hark," cried the maiden, "hear 
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the Nightingale sing."

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"O maiden, fair maiden, it's time
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 to give o'er."
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"O no, kind soldier, please play 
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one tune more
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For I'd rather hear your fiddle at
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 the touch of one string
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Than to see the waters gliding, 
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hear the Nightingale sing."

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"O soldier, kind soldier, will 
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you marry me?"
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"O no, pretty maiden, that never 
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shall be;
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I've a wife now in London and 
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children twice three
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Two wives and the army's too many
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 for me."

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"Well, I'll go back to London and 
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I'll stay there for a year
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It's often that I'll think of you, 
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my little dear
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And if ever I return, it will be 
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in the spring
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Just to see the waters gliding, 
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hear the Nightingale sing."
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to see the waters gliding, hear 
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the Nightingale sing."