The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3646   Message #1415199
Posted By: GUEST,Marion Amos
19-Feb-05 - 06:27 PM
Thread Name: Origins: One Morning in May...
Subject: RE: Origins: One Morning in May...
I'm finding it confusing finding my way round the links, so please bear with me. I came looking for the lyrics and tune of the 'Nightingale Song'as I know it from Northamptonshire. I found it, under the main entry to Sweet Nightingale, and the tune provided is exactly as sung by several drunken villagers at 3am at my wedding. They way it is sung in the English midlands is to have a definite 'tremulous' effect on the chorus. When done well, it really does echo the sound of the nightingale in a valley........