Arthur Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
[Ralph]
The nightingale sighed for the moon's bright ray
And told his tale in his own melodious way
He sang "Ah, well-a-day"
[Chorus of sailors]
He sang, "Ah, well-a-day"
[Ralph]
The lowly vale for the mountain vainly sighed,
To his humble wail the echoing hills replied
They sang "Ah, well-a-day"
[Chorus of sailors]
They sang, "Ah, well-a-day"
[Recitative]
[Ralph]
I know the value of a kindly chorus,
but choruses yield little consolation
When we have pain, and sorrow, too, before us!
I love and love, alas, above my station!
[Buttercup]
He loves, and loves a lass above his station
[Chorus of sailors]
Yes, yes, the lass is much above his station
The Nightingale was written by Arthur Sullivan & W.S. Gilbert.
Gilbert and Sullivan released The Nightingale on Sat May 25 1878.