The Nightingale Sighed Lyrics & Tabs by Gilbert & Sullivan
The Nightingale Sighed
guitar chords lyrics
(Enter Ralph.)
Ralph.
The Nightingale
Sighed for the moon's bright ray,
And told his tale
In his own melodious way!
He sang "Ah, well-a-day!"
Chorus.
He sang "Ah, well-a-day!"
Ralph.
The lowly vale
For the mountain vainly sighed,
To his humble wail
The echoing hills replied.
They sang "Ah, well-a-day!"
To his humble wail
The echoing hills replied.
They sang "Ah, well-a-day!"
Chorus.
They sang "Ah, well-a-day!"
Ralph.
I know the value of a kindly chorus,
But choruses yield little consolation
When we have pain, and sorrow, too, before us!
I love — and love, alas, above my station!
Buttercup.
He loves — and loves a lass above his station!
Chorus.
Yes, yes, the lass is much above his station!
(Exit Little Buttercup.)
