Nancy Kerr
Rachel Unthank
Richard Dawson
Cath & Phil Tyler
Mary Humphreys & Anahata
June Tabor
Laura Smyth & Ted Kemp
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne
Grace Petrie
Belinda Kempster
Kathryn Tickell
Chris Wood
Nancy Kerr & Sandra Kerr
Bryony Griffith
Mary Humphreys & Anahata
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne
Will Pound
[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"
Nightingales was written by Traditional.
Belinda Kempster released Nightingales on Thu Apr 25 2019.