If my song book is to be believed, 'the nightingales sing' was my first folk song - written down in 1969 when I was a student in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England along with guitar chords.

Of course there were lots of other people's songs, some of which I have added to my book, there are over 200 songs in my book now. They are mine in that they are songs which I wanted to sing, so I wrote them down and practised them.

Anne Croucher