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
[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
