Written by James Taylor -
JAN-1972 (3:44)
Recorded By Rob in Harrison June 2016 Produced in Florida 08-14-2017
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
(2) Good morning Good morning Good morning. Said he And where are you going my pretty lady Im going out a-walking By the banks of the sea Just to see the waters rise and hear the nightingale sing
(3) How 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 valley all ring O Hark! Cried the maiden Hear the nightingale sing
(4) Oh maiden fair maiden tis time to give oer Oh no kind soldier please play one tune more For Id rather hear your fiddle And the touch of one string Than to see the waters rise and hear the nightingale sing
(5) Oh soldier kind soldier will you marry me Oh no pretty maiden that never shall be Ive a wife back in london And children twice three Two wives and the armys too many for me
(6) Well Ill go back to london and Ill stay for a year So often Ill think of you my little dear And if ever I return It will be in the spring Just to see the waters rise and hear the nightingale sing Just to see the waters rise And hear the nightingale sing
