first verse, as sung bu Burl...

"Do you happen to know of a maiden in need
"Of a sweetheart;here's one who is anxious to please
"It's a shame that a handsome young fellow like me
"Should be left while the Nightingale sings in the tree"

2nd verse

"In the woods & the meadow beneath the bright moon"
3rd verse, 2nd line

"And the nightingale's song will soon die in the air"

3rd line...'dearest for 'darling'

(I've sung this off & on for 35 years...I 'think' I got it the way Burl Ives recorded it...not that Dick's lines weren't ok, too)

I think the melody for this is one of the prettiest tunes I know...just moves me somehow....