The Dubliners – The Nightingale (Guitar)

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As I went a walking one morning in May

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I met a young couple who fondly did stray

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One was a young maid so sweet and so fair

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And the other was a soldier and a brave grenadier

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And they kissed so sweet and comforting as they clung to each other

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They went arm in arm along the road like sister and brother

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They went arm in arm along the road till they came to a stream

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And they both sat down together love to hear the nightingale sing

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Well out of his knapsack he took a fine fiddle

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And he played her such a merry tune that you ever did hear

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And he played her such a merry tune that the valley did ring

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And they both sat down together love to hear the nightingale sing

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And they kissed so sweet and comforting as they clung to each other

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They went arm in arm along the road like sister and brother

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They went arm in arm along the road till they came to a stream

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And they both sat down together love to hear the nightingale sing

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Well I'm off to India for seven long years

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Drinking wines and strong whiskeys instead of cool beers

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And 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

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And they kissed so sweet and comforting as they clung to each other

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They went arm in arm along the road like sister and brother

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They went arm in arm along the road till they came to a stream

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And they both sat down together love to hear the nightingale sing

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Oh soldier, oh soldier, will you marry me

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Oh no said the soldier that never can be

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For I have a wife at home in my own country

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And she is the sweetest thing that you ever did see

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And they kissed so sweet and comforting as they clung to each other

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They went arm in arm along the road like sister and brother

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They went arm in arm along the road till they came to a stream

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And they both sat down together love to hear the nightingale sing