Sweet Nightingale

X:53
T:Sweet Nightingale
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/SBG/3/2/7
S:1857
Z:Transcribed by David Jacobs, June 2014 
M:3/4
L:1/4
K:G
D|GGD|G2A/B/|BBA|B2GB|ddB|cBA|G3|zz|B/c/dd|Bc2|
B/c/dG|A(DE)|FGA|Bcd|e(d>c)|B(c>B)|(AB>A)|(GA2)|
DGB|dcB|AG2
W:
W:My Sweetheart come along
W:Don't you hear the fond song
W:The sweet notes of the nightingale flow?
W:Don't you know the fond tale
W:Of the sweet nightingale,
W:As she sings in those valleys below?
W:So be not afraid
W:To walk in the shade
W:Nor yet in those valleys below
W:Nor yet in those valleys below
W:
W:
W:Pretty betsy don't fail
W:For I'll carry your pail
W:Safe home to yourt cottage we go
W:You shall hear the fond tale
W:Of the sweet nightingale
W:As she sings in the valley's below
W:But she was afraid
W:To walk in the shade
W:To walk in &c
W:
W:Pray let me alone
W:I have hands of my own
W:Along with you I will not go
W:To hear the fond tale
W:Of the sweet nightingale
W:As she sings &c
W:For I am afraid
W:To walk in the shade
W:To walk in &c
W:
W:Pray sit yourself down
W:[Rest] you on the ground
W:On this bank where sweet primroses grow
W:You shall hear the fond tale
W:As she sings &c
W:So be not afraid
W:
W:The couple agreed
W:They were married with speed
W:And soon to church they did go
W:She was no more afraid
W:For to walk in the shade
W:Nor yet in the valleys below
W:Nor to hear his fond tale
W:Of the sweet nightingale
W:As she sings in the valleys below
W:As she sings &c

Alternative sources for this tune:

• www.vwml.org/components/com_rbdmdtallis/media/abctranscriptions/abc/SBG-3-2-7/0000

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