“One Morning in May (To Hear the Nightingale Sing)”

Description

A (soldier) and a pretty girl meet; they chat and he plays on the fiddle for her. When she asks him to play more, he says it is time to leave. She asks him to marry; he already has a wife and children

Cross references

• cf. "The Gentleman Soldier" (plot)
• cf. "Across the Blue Mountains" (theme)
• cf. "The Crystal Spring" (plot)
• cf. "1913 Massacre" (tune)
• cf. "Harbour Le Cou" (theme)

Recordings

• Raymond & John Cantwell, "The Soldier and the Lady" (on FSB2, FSB2CD)
• Liam Clancy, "The Nightingale" (on IRLClancy01)
• Coon Creek Girls, "The Soldier and the Lady" (Vocalion 05404, 1940)
• Bill Cox, "Fiddling Soldier" (Melotone 7-08-70, 1937)
• Betty Garland, "One Morning in May" (on BGarland01)
• Mrs. Jack [Vera] Keating, "The Weaver" (on Ontario1)
• Neil Morris, "The Irish Soldier and the English Lady" (on LomaxCD1707)
• New Lost City Ramblers, "Soldier and the Lady" (on NLCR13)
• Shorty & Juanita Sheehan, "The Soldier and the Lady" (on FineTimes)
• Marvin Thornton & Fort Thomas group, "The Soldier and the Lady" (AFS, 1938; on KMM)
• Doug Wallin, "The Nightingale" (on Wallins1)

References

1. Laws P14, "The Nightingale (One Morning in May)"
2. Belden, pp. 239-244, "The Nightingale" (3 texts plus 2 excerpts and a reference to 1 more, 2 tunes)
3. Randolph 58, "One Morning in May" (3 texts plus 1 fragment and 1 excerpt, 1 tune plus a fragment)
4. BrownIII 13, "One Morning in May" (1 text plus a fragment and mention of 2 more)
5. Scarborough-SongCatcher, pp. 310-311, "One Morning in May" (2 texts, with local titles "See the Waters Gliding," "One Morning, One Morning, One Morning in May"; 2 tunes on pp. 438-439)
6. Eddy 103, "One Morning in May" (1 text, 1 tune)
7. Flanders/Olney, pp. 164-165, "The Banks of Low Lee" (1 text, 1 tune)
8. Peacock, pp. 594-595, "The Soldier and the Lady" (1 text, 1 tune)
9. Karpeles-Newfoundland 77, "The Nightingale" (1 text, 2 tunes)
10. Leach, pp. 744-745, "One Morning in May (The Nightingale)" (1 text)
11. Wyman-Brockway I, p. 68, "The Nightingale" (1 text, 1 tune)
12. Cambiaire, p. 92, "The Nightingale" (1 text)
13. JHCoxIIA, #24A-C, pp. 94-98, "The Nightingale," "One Morning in May" (3 texts, 2 tunes)
14. FSCatskills 130, "A Bold, Brave Bonair" (1 text, 1 tune)
15. SharpAp 145, "The Nightingale" (5 texts, 5 tunes)
16. Sharp/Karpeles-80E 47, "The Nightingale" (1 text, 1 tune -- a composite version)
17. Ritchie-Southern, pp. 40-41, "See the Waters A-Gliding" (1 text, 1 tune)
18. Sandburg, pp. 136-138, "One Morning in May" (2 texts, 1 tune, but only the "A" text is this piece; the "B" text is "The Rebel Soldier")
19. Kennedy 185, "The Nightingales Sing" (1 text, 1 tune)
20. Copper-SoBreeze, pp. 210-211, "To Hear the Nightingales Sing" (1 text, 1 tune)
21. Lomax-FSNA 198, "The Wild Rippling Water" (1 text, 1 tune)
22. Cohen/Seeger/Wood, pp. 52-53, "Fiddling Soldier" (1 text, 1 tune)
23. Fife-Cowboy/West 3, "The Wild Rippling Water" (1 text, 1 tune)
24. Hodgart, p. 237, "The Wild Rippling Water" (1 text)
25. MacSeegTrav 45, "The Lady and the Soldier" (3 texts, 2 tunes)
26. Darling-NAS, pp. 137-138, "One Morning in May" (1 text)
27. Silber-FSWB, p. 166, "One Morning In May (The Nightingale)" (1 text)
28. BBI, ZN277, "As I went forth one Sun-Shining day"
29. DT 340, NTNGALE NTNGALE2* NTNGALE3* NTNGALE4
30. Roud #140
31. BI, LP14