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K:G z z D/2D/2 | G3/2 G/2 D | G2 A/2c/2 | B B A | B2 G/2B/2 | w:My sweet-heart, come a-long. Don't you hear the fond song The sweet d B d | c B A | (G3 | G) z B/2c/2 | w:notes of the night-in-gale flow? - Don't you d d B | c2 B/2c/2 | d G A | D3/2 E/2 F | w:hear the fond tale Of the sweet night-ing-ale, As she G A B | c d e | (d3/2 (c/2) (B) | (c3/2) (B/2)(A) | (B3/2)(A/2)(G) | A2) D/2D/2 | w:sings in the val-ley be-low. --------- As she G B d | c B A | (G3 | G2) z || w:sings in the val-ley be-low. % W: W:1 W:My sweetheart, come along. Don't you hear the fond song W:The sweet notes of the nightingale flow? W:Don't you hear the fond tale Of the sweet nightingale, W:As she sings in the valley below. W: W:2 W:Pretty Betty, don't fail, For I'll carry your pail W:Safe home to your cot as we go; W:You shall hear the fond tale Of the sweet nightingale, W:As she sings in the valley below. W: W:3 W:Pray let me alone, I have hands of my own, W:Along with you, Sir, I'll not go. W:To hear the fond tale Of the sweet nightingale, W:As she sings in the valley below. W: W:4 W:Pray sit yourself down With me on the ground, W:On this bank where the primroses grow, W:You shall hear the fond tale Of the sweet nightingale, W:As she sings in the valley below. W: W:5 W:The couple agreed, And were married with speed, W:And soon to the church they did go; W:No more is she afraid For to walk in the shade, W:Nor to sit in the valley below. % % % % % % % % % %]

	

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