Key: C major
Verse 1
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G
C
As I went a -walkin'
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C
and a -ramblin' one day,
I spied a young couple
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And the other one was a soldier
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and they kissed so sweet and comforting
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C
as they clung to each other.
They went arm and arm down the road
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F
and they both sat down together
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C
and loved to hear the nightingale sing.
Then out of his knapsack
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C
he drew a fine fiddle
And he played her such merry tunes
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F
Softly cried the fair maid,
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C
hear the nightingale sing
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C
as they clung to each other
They went arm -in -arm down the road
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And they both sat down together,
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loved to hear the nightingale sing
Well, I'm off to India for
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seven long years
Drinking wine and strong whiskey
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And we'll both sit down together,
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love, to hear the nightingale sing
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as they clung to each other
They went arm in arm down the road
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And they both sat down together
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G
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sing
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Well now, says the fair maid,
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will you marry me?
Oh no, says the soldier,
home in me own country
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And sure she is the fairest little thing
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And they kiss so sweet and comforting
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C
as they drum to each other
They went arm -in -arm down the road
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F
And they both sat down together
Outro 1
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G
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F G
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