Nightingale-Shelly Manne and His Men

[00:00.01] [00:00.68]i built my house beside the wood [00:05.75]so i could hear you singing [00:10.61]and it was sweet and it was good [00:15.49]and love was all beginning [00:20.58]fare thee well my nightingale [00:25.68]'twas long ago i found you [00:30.83]now all your songs of beauty fail [00:35.69]the forest closes 'round you [00:40.86] [00:50.62]the sun goes down behind a veil [00:55.67]'tis now that you would call me [01:00.52]so rest in peace my nightingale [01:05.72]beneath your branch of holly [01:10.50]fare thee well my nightingale [01:15.54]'twas long ago i found you [01:20.38]now all your songs of beauty fail [01:25.45]the forest closes 'round you [01:30.76] [01:50.83]fare thee well my nightingale [01:55.56]i lived but to be near you [02:00.55]tho' you are singing somewhere still [02:05.56]i can no longer hear you [02:13.92]