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T:Sweet Nightingale
C:Trad
Z:Webmaster
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w:My sweet-heart, come a-long. Don't you hear the fond song The sweet
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w:notes of the night-in-gale flow? - Don't you
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w:hear the fond tale Of the sweet night-ing-ale, As she
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w:sings in the val-ley be-low. --------- As she
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w:sings in the val-ley be-low.
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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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