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One Morning In May

from Culled From the Garden 1991 by Atwater-Donnelly

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One Morning In May
Traditional
There are many variants of this song including “The Nighingale”,
“To Hear the Nightingale Sing”, and “The Soldier and the Lady”

lyrics

One morning, one morning, one morning in May
I spied a young couple, they were making their way
One was a maiden so bright and so fair
And the other was a soldier and a brave volunteer

"Good morning, good morning, good morning," said he
"And where are you going my pretty lady?"
"Well, I'm a-going out a-walking by the banks of the sea
Just to see the waters gliding, hear the nightingale sing."

Well they had not been standing but a minute or two
When out of his knapsack a fiddle he drew
And the tune that he played made the valleys all ring
"Oh hark!" cried the maiden, "Hear the nightingale sing."

"Oh maiden, fair maiden, 'tis time to give o'er."
"Oh no, kind soldier, please play one tune more
For I'd rather hear your fiddle at the touch of one string
Then to see the waters gliding, hear the nightingale sing."

"Oh soldier, kind soldier, will you marry me?"
"Oh no, pretty maiden, that never shall be.
"I've a wife down in London, and children twice three
Two wives and the army's too many for me."

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"So I'll go back to London and I'll stay there for the year
It's often I'll think of you, my little dear
And if ever I return, it'll be in the Spring
Just to see the waters gliding, hear the nightingale sing

Just to see the waters gliding, hear the nightingale sing."

credits

from Culled From the Garden 1991, released April 9, 1991
Aubrey Atwater: vocals, guitar
Elwood Donnelly: vocals, harmonica

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Atwater-Donnelly Warren, Rhode Island

Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, a capella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works, blending gorgeous harmonies with guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and Appalachian clog dancing and French Canadian footwork. ... more

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