This must be in England where the nightingale was singing? We do not have them in the USA- but we have the songs ABOUT them! In Kentucky we have the wood thrush and the mockingbird- both lovely singers, but-granted, the nightingale is the lovliest of them all. I did hear one, once- late at night in 1952, outside my Swiss Cottage flat in London. Many have challenged me about this, but it is true; for such incredible music could not have been made by any other creature...