Misc Traditional – The Sweet Nightingale (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
D My sweetheart come along, don't you hear the sweet song/ D A7 D A7 Of the beautiful nightingale flow – oh oh D A7 D A7 You will hear the fond tale/ of the sweet nightingale D G D A7 D A7 As she sings in the valley below oh oh oh oh oh/ D A7 D As she sings in the valley below
[Verse 2]
D Pray leave me alone, I have hands of my own D A7 D A7 And along with you I'll not go – oh oh D A7 D A7 For to hear the fond tale of the sweet nightingale D G D A7 D A7 As she sings in the valley below oh oh oh oh oh D A7 D As she sings in the valley below
[Verse 3]
D Pretty Polly, don't fail, and I'll carry your pail D A7 D A7 Straight home to your cottage we'll go – oh oh/ D A7 D A7 We will hear the fond tale/ of the sweet nightingale D G D A7 D A7 As she sings in the valley below oh oh oh oh oh D A7 D As she sings in the valley below
[Verse 4]
D Pray sit yourself down with me on the ground D A7 D A7 On the banks where the primroses grow – oh oh D A7 D A7 You will hear the fond tale of the sweet nightingale D G D A7 D A7 As she sings in the valley below oh oh oh oh oh D A7 D As she sings in the valley below
[Verse 5]
D Down in yonder grove there is an alcove D A7 D A7 And violets around it do spring D A7 D A7 Just by in a bush there sits a song thrush D G D A7 D A7 'Twill charm you to hear how she sings in the valley below oh oh oh oh oh D A7 D As she sings in the valley below
[Verse 6]
D Why hark, my love, hark, why yonder's a lark D A7 D A7 She warbles and pleases me so – oh oh D A7 D A7 That the beautiful tale of the sweet nightingale D G D A7 D A7 Will never entice me to go in the valley below oh oh oh oh oh D A7 D As she sings in the valley below
[Verse 7]
D The two lovers agreed to be married with speed D A7 D A7 And straight to the church they did go D A7 D A7 Now no more she's afraid to go down in the shade D G D A7 D A7 Or to walk in the valley below oh oh oh oh oh/ D A7 D As she sings in the valley below