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T:Watter Rattle, The
R:Folk Song
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O:England
A:Lancashire
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B:Folk Songs Of Lancashire
N:Mike Harding
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The Watter Rattle

As I was a walkin' one mornin' in May
I spied a young couple so fondly did stray
One was a female and a beauty was she
And the other was a soldier in the artillery.
One was a female and a beauty was she
And the other was a soldier in the artillery.

Now the soldier and his true love they walked on together,
They walked on together till they came to a river
They sat themselves down by the side of the stream
For she loved to hear the watter rattle and the nightingales sing.
They sat themselves down by the side of the stream
For she loved to hear the watter rattle and the nightingales sing.

Now the soldier to the female put his arm round her middle
And out of his tunic he pulled a fine fiddle
He played her a tune to the length of his string,
For she loved to hear the watter rattle and the nightingales sing.
He played her a tune to the length of his string,
For she loved to hear the watter rattle and the nightingales sing.


"Oh now," said the soldier "it's time to give o'er"
"Oh no!" said the female, "let's have one tune more
Just play me one more to the length of your string
For I love to hear the watter rattle and the nightingales sing"
Just play me one more to the length of your string
For I love to hear the watter rattle and the nightingales sing"

"Oh no," said the soldier "for I'm bound away
Fighting in Africa for many a day
And when I return, it'll be in the spring,
And we'll come and hear the watter rattle and the nightingales sing".
And when I return, it'll be in the spring,
And we'll come and hear the watter rattle and the nightingales sing".