The sweet nightingale - a school classic

Описание: The school standard version can be found in BBC School’s Time And Tune, Summer 1958. This one however is based on the version recorded by Margaret Chrystal, T. Bikel, C. Gooding as I rather like the extra bird verses. Find out more at : https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadi...
My NEW website https://riverofsong.uk/ is a treasure trove of song featuring all my recent videos, new collections and also many compilations from my ‘Singing games for children’ site. It is user friendly, inviting and interactive. Do visit and let me know what you think of it. To find music, chords, how to play this and more Schools radio / TV songs visit: https://riverofsong.uk/schools-radio-...
A traditional resource for teachers, child care providers, librarians, parents and grandparents, ESL, EFL or just nostalgia enthusiasts. Visit: https://riverofsong.uk/ or http://www.singinggamesforchildren.com to find many more songs including those from other countries.
Watch out for new music added each week!

My sweetheart come along!
Don't you hear the fond song?
The sweet notes of the nightingale flow?
Don’t you hear the fond tale
Of the sweet nightingale,
As she sings in the valley below,
As she sings in the valley below.

Pretty Betsy, don't fail,
For I'll carry your pail,
Safe home to your cottage we'll go;
You shall hear the fond tale
Of the sweet nightingale,
As she sings in the valley below....

Come sit yourself down
With me on the ground,
On the banks where the primroses grow;
You shall hear the fond tale
Of the sweet nightingale,
As she sings in the valley below....

Down in yonder grove,
There is an alcove,
And violets around it do spring;
Just by in a bush,
There sits a song thrush,
'Twill charm you to hear how she sings....

Why hark, my love, hark,
Why yonder's a lark,
She warbles and pleases me so;
That the beautiful tale
Of the sweet nightingale,
Will never entice me to go....