The Nightingale

	  		



Intro:  C    G  C      G    C     G  C  F  G  C 

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

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



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


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



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

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



verse 4: 
                                 G         C 
"Now," says the fair maid, "will you marry me" 
                                             G 
"Oh no," says the soldier, "however can that be?" 
     C                                        G 
"For I've me own wife at home in me own countery 
         C   N.C.          (F)                   (G)       C 
And sure she is the fairest little thing that you ever did see" 

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