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I built my house beside the wood
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So I could hear you singing
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And it was sweet and it was good
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And love was all beginning
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Fare thee well my nightingale
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'Twas long ago I found you
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Now all your songs of beauty fail
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The forest closes 'round you
The su n goes down behi nd a veil
'Tis no w that you would c all me
So re st in peace my ni ghtingale
Bene ath your branch of h olly
Fa re thee well my ni ghtinga le
'Twas lo ng ago I fo und yo u
Now al l your songs of be auty fail
The fo rest closes ' round you
Fa re thee well my ni ghtinga le
I li ved but to be n ear yo u
Tho' yo u are singing so mewhere still
I ca n no longer h e- -a r you