Uncle Dave O ... The Nightingale has been one of my MOST favorite songs for 50 years! (true). Now days, I'm very partial to Gordon Bok's "Blackbird":

Blackbird, blackbird, flyin' late,
Grease in the pot and ash in the grate,
The bottle's empty, my head is sore,
I don't know where I've been before,
Bar your gate and shut the door,
The Blackbird's flyin' free.