One Morning In May Lyrics by James Taylor

One Morning In May 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
    I'm goig out a walkin on the banks of the sea
    Just to see the waters gliding hear the nightingale sing

    Now they had not been standing but a minute or two
    And 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 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 in 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 gliding hear the nightingale sing
    To see the waters gliding hear the nightingale sing

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