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belinda kempster - nightingales lyrics

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[verse 1]
as i was a-walking one morning in may
i spied a young couple a-making of hay
and one was a fair maid and her beauty shone clear
and the other was a soldier in the bold grenadiers

[verse 2]
well a-walking and a-talking and a-walking together
walking so far about til they couldn’t a wither
then they sat themselves down by a clear crystal spring
all for to see the flowers grow and hear the nightingale sing

[verse 3]
then with kisses and with compliments he put his arm round her middle
and out from his knapsack he drew forth a fiddle
and he played her such a merry tune it made the groves and valleys ring
“oh hark, hark” cried the lady, “how the nightingales sing”

[verse 4]
“now” said the soldier “it is time to give o’er”
“oh no” cried the lady “let’s have one tune more
for i do like your music and the touch of your string
oh i do love to see the flowers grow and hear the nightingale sing”

[verse 5]
“now” said the lady “will you marry me?”
“oh no”, cried the soldier “that never can be
for i have a wife in my own country
and so fair a lady as you ever did see”

“oh no” cried the soldier “that never can be”
“for i have a wife at home and children three”
“but if ever i return it will be in the spring
all for to see the flowers grow and hear the nightingale sing”

- belinda kempster lyrics

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