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One Morning in May
Tom Jones
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One morning, one morning, one morning in May
I spied a young couple, they were making their way
One was a maiden so bright and so fair
The other a soldier and a brave volunteer
Good morning, good morning, good morning said he
Where are you going, my pretty lady?
I'm going out walking on the banks of the sea
To see the waters glide, hear the nightingale sing
They had not been standing but a minute or two
When out of his knapsack a fiddle he drew
And the tune that he played made the valleys all ring
Oh hark cried the lady, hear the nightingale sing
Oh maiden, fair maiden, 'tis time to give over
Oh no kind soldier, please play one tune more
I'd rather you'd fiddle than tug on one string
Than see the waters glide, hear the nightingale sing
Oh soldier, kind soldier, would you marry me?
Oh no pretty maiden, it never shall be
I've a wife down in London and children twice three
Two wives and the army's too many for me
I'll go back to London and stay for a year
It's often I'll think of you, my little dear
If ever I return it'll be in the spring
To see the waters glide, hear the nightingale sing