You nightingale, going to France, nightingale
Remember me to my mother, nightingale
In a pretty grove, nightingale in flight
Remember me to my mother, nightingale
And not much to my father, nightingale
In a pretty grove, nightingale in flight
Because he married me off badly, nightingale
He gave me to a shepherd, nightingale
In a pretty grove, nightingale in flight
Who makes me guard the flock, nightingale
I've lost the leading sheep's bell, nightingale
In a pretty grove, nightingale in flight
As pay I will give you, nightingale
A kiss and an embrace, nightingale
In a pretty grove, nightingale in flight
You nightingale, going to France, nightingale
Remember me to my mother, nightingale
In a pretty grove, nightingale in flight