Before the morning comes, will I hear your song
   Come little nightingale, I won?t be here for long
   When you?re up there flying, do you care
  
   If there?s no one else around?
   When your lover leaves you in the air
   Do you waver, do you fall?
   Now while the moon is high
   Shall we, nightingale,
   Duet all through the night
   A pair of souls for sale
  
   Stars cluster glistening
   Captive till the dawn
   Patiently listening
   They?ve heard it all before
  
   Should I stay here or should I go?
   I couldn?t bear to be alone
   Was it really love I saw?
   Oh, now I?ll never know
  
   What is this I hear?
   I recognise that song
   Sweet little nightingale I knew you?d come along
   Soon when the morning comes.
   We will both be gone
   So sing pretty nightingale
   Lead, I?ll follow on.