LONELY NIGHTINGALE
(David Forest / Michael Johns) 1954

as recorded by Jill Day
with Ron Goodwin & his Orch
1954


Heard a lonely nightingale
Sing a starlight song,
Heard it cry,
"Oh where do I belong?".
Lonely little nightingale,
Feeling life was wrong,
Asked the sky,
"Oh where do I belong?".

Silent trees didn't answer,
Not a sound could be heard,
Till the breeze brought the answer
>From a faraway bird.

And so a lonely nightingale found the harmony
That one day your love may bring to me.

And so a lonely nightingale found the harmony
That one day your love may bring to me.
Nightingale, oh bring my love to me! 



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2014)