The Nightingale Lyrics

As I went a 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 brave grenadier [/Chorus] And they kissed so sweet and comforting as they clung to each other They went arm in arm along the road like sister and brother They went arm in arm along the road til they came to a stream And they both sat down together, love, to hear the nightingale sing [Chorus/] From out of his knapsack he took a fine fiddle And he played her such a merry tune that you ever did hear He played her such merry tunes that the valleys did ring And softly cried the fair maid hear the nightingale sing [Chorus] "Oh soldier, oh soldier, will you marry me?" "Oh no", says the soldier, "however can that be?" For I have a wife at home in my own country And she is the sweetest little thing that you ever did see [Chorus] Now I'm off to India for seven long years Drinking wines and strong whiskey instead of cool beers And if ever I return again it will be in the spring And we'll both sit down together love to hear the nightingale sing [Chorus]