GOOD MORNING
(NIGHTINGALE SONG;
ONE MORNING IN MAY)
Sung by: Tom Goforth
Recorded near Pfeiffer, AR, 6/24/53

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"Good morning, good morning, good morning," says she.
"Where are you a-going, a lady so fair?"
"I'm a-going to Chattanoogee on the banks of Old Lee,
To see the water gliding, hear the nightingale sing,
To see the water gliding, hear the nightingale song."

Also found in Randolph, Vol. I, #58, "One Morning in May"; Brown, Vol. III, #13, "One Morning in May"; Belden, p. 239, "The Nightingale."

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