One Morning in May

歌詞

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 mornin, good mornin, good mornin said he And where are you going, my pretty lady I'm goin out a-walkin, on the banks of the sea Just to see the waters glide, and hear the nightingale sing Now 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 Than to see the waters glide, and hear the nightingale sing Oh soldier, kind soldier, will you marry me Oh no, pretty maiden, that never shall be I've a wife in olde London, and children, twice three Two wives and the army's too many for me Well I'll go back to London, and I'll stay there for a year It's often that I'll think of you, my little dear And if ever I return, it will be in the spring Just to see the waters glide, and hear the nightingale sing To see the waters glide, and hear the nightingale sing