The Nightingale

the nightingale - the dubliners
as i went a walking one morning in may
i met a young couple so far did we stray
and one was a young maid so sweet and so fair
and the other was a soldier and a brave grenadier
and they kissed so sweet and comforting
as they clung to each other
they went arm in arm along the road
like sister and brother
they went arm in arm along the road
til they came to a stream
and they both sat down together love
to hear the nightingale sing
out of his knapsack he took a fine fiddle
he played her such merry tunes that you ever did hear
he played her such merry tunes that the valley did ring
and softly cried the fair maid as the nightingale sings
and they kissed so sweet and comforting
as they clung to each other
they went arm in arm along the road
like sister and brother
they went arm in arm along the road
til they came to a stream
and they both sat down together love
to hear the nightingale sing
oh i'm off to india for seven long years
drinking wines and strong whiskies instead of strong beer
and if ever i return again twill be in the spring
and we'll both sit down together love
to hear the nightingale sing
and they kissed so sweet and comforting
as they clung to each other
they went arm in arm along the road
like sister and brother
they went arm in arm along the road
til they came to a stream
and they both sat down together love
to hear the nightingale sing
well then says the fair maid will you marry me
oh no says the soldier however can that be
for i've my own wife at home in my own country
and she is the finest little maid that you ever did see
and they kissed so sweet and comforting
as they clung to each other
they went arm in arm along the road
like sister and brother
they went arm in arm along the road
til they came to a stream
and they both sat down together love
to hear the nightingale sing