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As I was a walking and a rambling on day,
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I spied a young couple so fondly did stray.
C G7
And one was a young maide, so sweet and so fair,
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And the other one was a soldier and a brave Grenadier.
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And they kissed so sweet and comforting as they clung to each other.
C G7
They went arm and arm down the road like sister and brother.
C G7
They went arm and arm down the road till they came to a stream,
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and they both sat down together, love, to hear the nightingale sing.
C G7 C
Then out of his knapsack he drew a fine fiddle.
C G7
And he played her such merry tunes that you ever did hear.
C G7
And he played her such merry tunes that the valleys did ring.
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`Oh`,softly cried the fair maide,`hear the Nightingale sing.`
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`Oh`,then said the fair maide,`won`t you merry me?`
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`Oh no`, said the soldier, `however could that be?`
C G7
`For I`ve me own wife at home in the old country,`
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`And she is the fairest little thing that you ever did see.`
Cho.
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`Now I`m off to India for several long years,`
C G7
`Drinkin` Wine and strong whiskey instead of pale beer.`
C G7
`But if ever I return again, it will be in the spring,`
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`And we`ll both sit down together,Love, to hear the Nightingale sing. Send " The Nightingale" Ringtone to your Cell