The Nightingale Lyrics And Guitar Chords
The sheet music is included.This song is also known as The Bold Grenadier, it's a traditional Irish song, the video is of the Dubliners with Luke Kelly on vocals. This one always goes down well at a session. Al O'Donnelly called the song ''The Bold Grenader'' , it's hard to know the right title for this song. I always knew it as The Nightingale, perhaps it's because I learned it from Johnny McEvoy. It was recorded by Luke Kelly And The Dubliners plus Liam Clancy on his own and he also done a version with The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
As[D] I was a [G]walking one[A] morning in[D] May,
I met a young couple who fondle did[A] stray,
[D]One was a young maid so sweet and so[A] fair,
And the[D] other was a[G] soilder and a[A] brave grena[D]dier.
[Chorus]
And they kissed so sweet and comforting,as they clung to each other,
They went arm and arm along the road like sister and brother,
They went arm and arm along the road,till they came to a streem,
And the both sat down togeather love to hear the nightingale sing.
[2]
From out of his knapsack he took out a fine fiddle,
And he played her such merry tunes that you ever did hear,
Ans he played her such merry tunes that the vallys did ring,
And they both sat down togeathe love to hear the nightingale sing.
[3]
Oh soldier,Oh soldier will you marry me,
Oh no said the soldier that never can be,
For I have my own wife in my own country,
And she is the sweetest thing that you ever did see
[Chorus after each verse]
I met a young couple who fondle did[A] stray,
[D]One was a young maid so sweet and so[A] fair,
And the[D] other was a[G] soilder and a[A] brave grena[D]dier.
[Chorus]
And they kissed so sweet and comforting,as they clung to each other,
They went arm and arm along the road like sister and brother,
They went arm and arm along the road,till they came to a streem,
And the both sat down togeather love to hear the nightingale sing.
[2]
From out of his knapsack he took out a fine fiddle,
And he played her such merry tunes that you ever did hear,
Ans he played her such merry tunes that the vallys did ring,
And they both sat down togeathe love to hear the nightingale sing.
[3]
Oh soldier,Oh soldier will you marry me,
Oh no said the soldier that never can be,
For I have my own wife in my own country,
And she is the sweetest thing that you ever did see
[Chorus after each verse]
Here's the guitar chords for The Dubliners version with Luke Kelly singing
[E]As I was a walking one[B] morning in[E] May,
I met a young couple who fondle did[B] stray,
And[E]One was a young maid so sweet and so[B] fair,
And the[E] other was a[C#m]] soilder and a[E] brave grenadier.
[Chorus]
[E]And they kissed so sweet and comforting,as they clung to each other,
They went arm and arm along the road like sister and [B]brother,
They went arm and [E]arm along the road,till they came to a [B]streem,
And the both [E]sat down to[A]geather love to [B]hear the nightingale [E]sing.
[E]As I was a walking one[B] morning in[E] May,
I met a young couple who fondle did[B] stray,
And[E]One was a young maid so sweet and so[B] fair,
And the[E] other was a[C#m]] soilder and a[E] brave grenadier.
[Chorus]
[E]And they kissed so sweet and comforting,as they clung to each other,
They went arm and arm along the road like sister and [B]brother,
They went arm and [E]arm along the road,till they came to a [B]streem,
And the both [E]sat down to[A]geather love to [B]hear the nightingale [E]sing.
Chords in the key of G
As[G] I was a [C]walking one[D] morning in[G] May,
I met a young couple who fondle did[D] stray,
[G]One was a young maid so sweet and so[D] fair,
And the[G] other was a[C] soilder and a[D] brave grena[G]dier.
As[G] I was a [C]walking one[D] morning in[G] May,
I met a young couple who fondle did[D] stray,
[G]One was a young maid so sweet and so[D] fair,
And the[G] other was a[C] soilder and a[D] brave grena[G]dier.
Below is the sheet music for THe Nightingale in the key of D Major
