THE NIGHTINGALE (from Soodlum's Irish Ballad Book, Oak Pub)

As I went a walking one morning in May
I met a young couple who fondly did stray
And one was a young maid so sweet and so fair
And the other was a soldier, and a brave grenadier.

Chorus: And they kissed so sweet and comforting as they clung to each other
They went arm in arm along the road like sister and brother
They went arm in arm along the road til they came to a stream
And they both sat down together for to hear the nightingale sing

And out of his knapsack he took a fine fiddle
And he played her such a merry tune as you ever did hear
And he played her such a merry tune as you ever did hear
And he played her such a merry tune as the valleys did ring
And they both sat down together for to hear the nightingale sing.

I do a version called THE GRENADIER AND THE LADY (Trad. Dorsetshire).

Cheers, S. in Seattle