Misc Traditional – The Sweet Nightingale (Guitar)

Key
-

Auto-scroll

Chords

[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