Nightingale

Lyrics

I built my house beside the wood
 So I could hear you singing
 And it was sweet and it was good
 And love was all beginning
 Fare thee well my nightingale
 It was long ago I found you
 Now all your songs of beauty fail
 The forest closes 'round you
 ♪
 The sun goes down behind a veil
 It's now that you would call me
 So rest in peace my nightingale
 Beneath your branch of holly
 Fare thee well my nightingale
 It was long ago I found you
 Now all your songs of beauty fail
 The forest closes 'round you
 ♪
 Fare thee well my nightingale
 I lived but to be near you
 Tho' you are singing somewhere still
 I can no longer hear you
 

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Song Details

Duration
02:27
Key
11
Tempo
96 BPM

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