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13 Apr 25 - 06:19 AM (#4220806) Subject: Lyr Req: Nightingale by Martyn Wyndham-Read From: GUEST,Martin I cannot find the lyrics to The Nightingale from the album "A Wench A Whale and a Pint of Good Ale" (1966), so I'm trying to transcribe them myself. In the last verse I can't catch the lyrics. "This couple agreed to get married with speed, HIGH IN SIN, to the church they did go." "High in scent" makes more sense as they had been rolling in the primroses, and the song if full of euphemisms and "in sin" sounds to direct and doesn't fit the tradition. Can anyone work out those lyrics, or knows where they can be found? |
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13 Apr 25 - 06:47 AM (#4220808) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Nightingale by Martyn Wyndham-Read From: GUEST,Georgina Boyes The version I know is - "And so to the church they did go" |
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13 Apr 25 - 06:53 AM (#4220809) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Nightingale by Martyn Wyndham-Read From: GUEST,Richard Or "And soon" might sound more like it. |
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13 Apr 25 - 07:41 AM (#4220811) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Nightingale by Martyn Wyndham-Read From: Reinhard Martyn Wyndham-Read sings The Nightingale My sweetheart, come along, can’t you hear the fine song, The sweet notes of the nightingale flow? Can’t you hear the fond tale of the sweet nightingale ?? As she sings in the valley below. ?? Pretty Betsy, don’t fail, for I’ll carry your pail Straight home to your cot as we go. You shall hear the fond tale of the sweet nightingale ?? As she sings in the valley below. ?? Pray let me alone, I have hands of my own, And along with you, sir, I’ll not go For to hear the fond tale of the sweet nightingale ?? As she sings in the valley below. ?? Pray sit yourself down here with me on the ground, On this bank where the wild primrose grow. You shall hear the fond tale of the sweet nightingale ?? As she sings in the valley below. ?? This couple agreed to get married with speed And soon to the church they did go. No more is she afraid for to walk in the shade ?? Or to sit in the valley below. ?? |
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13 Apr 25 - 10:15 AM (#4220818) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Nightingale by Martyn Wyndham-Read From: GUEST Thanks Georgina, Richard, and Reinhard. Now I can hear that he is singing "Aye, and soon to the church they did go". The pronunciation of the vowel in "soon" threw me. Comparing my transcription with your @Reinard I noticed other small differences, which may only be on that recording. I have capitalized them. My sweetheart, come along, can’t you hear the FOND song The sweet notes of the nightingale flow? Can’t you hear the fond tale of the sweet nightingale |: As she sings in the valley below. :| PREPARE TO IT UNVEIL, for I’ll carry your pail SAFE home to your cot as we go. You shall hear the fond tale of the sweet nightingale |: As she sings in the valley below. :| Pray, let me alone. I have hands of my own. And along with you, Sir, I’ll not go. For to hear the fond tale of the sweet nightingale |: As she sings in the valley below. :| Pray, sit yourself down (HERE) with me on the ground On this bank, where the wild primrose grow. You shall hear the fond tale of the sweet nightingale |: As she sings in the valley below. :| This couple agreed to get married with speed, Aye, and soon to the [E] church they did go. No more is she afraid for to walk in the shade |: Or to sit in the valley below. :| |