The Nightingale

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[VERSE 1:]
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As I was a-walking and a-rambling 
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one day
I spied a young couple, so fondly 
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did stray
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And one was a young maid, so sweet 
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and so fair
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And the other one was a soldier 
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and a brave grenadier


[CHORUS:]
And they kissed so sweetly 
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comforting as they clung to each 
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other
They went arm and arm down the road 
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like sister and brother
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They went arm and arm down the road
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 'til they came to a stream
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And they both sat down together, 
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love, to hear the nightingale sing


[VERSE 2:]
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Then out of his knapsack he drew a 
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fine fiddle
And he played her such merry tunes 
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that you ever did hear
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And he played her such a merry tune
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 that the valley did ring
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     C                  F         
"Ah, softly", cried the fair maid,
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 hear the nightingale sing


[CHORUS:]
And they kissed so sweetly 
F                  G             
comforting as they clung to each 
C
other
They went arm and arm down the road 
                G
like sister and brother
          C                        
They went arm and arm down the road
                     G
 'til they came to a stream
         C               F     
And they both sat down together, 
                    G           C
love, to hear the nightingale sing


[VERSE 3:]
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Oh well, I'm off to India for seven
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 long years
Drinking wine and strong whiskey 
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instead of pale beers
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And if ever I return again, it will
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 be in the spring
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And we'll both sit down together, 
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love, to hear the nightingale sing


[CHORUS:]
And they kissed so sweetly 
F                  G             
comforting as they clung to each 
C
other
They went arm and arm down the road 
                G
like sister and brother
          C                        
They went arm and arm down the road
                     G
 'til they came to a stream
         C               F     
And they both sat down together, 
                    G           C
love, to hear the nightingale sing


[VERSE 4:]
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"Now," says the fair maid, "will 
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you marry me"
"Oh no," says the soldier, "however 
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can that be?"
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"For I've me own wife at home in me
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 own countery
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And sure she is the fairest little 
thing that you ever did see"


[CHORUS:]
And they kissed so sweetly 
F                  G             
comforting as they clung to each 
C
other
They went arm and arm down the road 
                G
like sister and brother
          C                        
They went arm and arm down the road
                     G
 'til they came to a stream
         C               F     
And they both sat down together, 
                    G           C
love, to hear the nightingale sing