One Morning in May - Lyrics - James Taylor

One morning, one morning, one morning in May I spied a young couple, a making their way One was a lady so dainty and fair And one was a soldier a brave volunteer Good morning, good morning, good morning said he Where be you going my pretty lady Oh I'm going out walking because it is spring Just to see the waters glide and hear the nightingale sing Just to see the waters glide and 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 thru the valley did ring Oh hark said the maiden hear the nightingale sing Oh hark said the maiden hear the nightingale sing Said the soldier to the lady its time to give o'er Oh no pretty soldier play just one tune more For I'd rather listen to the touch of your string Than to see the waters glide and hear the nightingale sing Than to see the waters glide and hear the nightingale sing Said the lady to the soldier will you marry me Oh no pretty lady that never can be I've a wife in olde England and children twice three One wife and the army is a plenty for me One wife and the army is a plenty for me Well I'll go back to olde England and I'll stay there a year And it's often that I'll think of you my little dear And if I return it will be in the spring Just to see the waters glide and hear the nightingale sing To see the waters glide and hear the nightingale sing