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The nightingale and the lark

Language: English

I can never remember all the words of our song. Help me out, come on. 
Said the nightingale to the meadowlark, "Be still, mmm. . . " 
    "Be still, you'll..." 
" ...you'll wake my friend who sleeps by day" 
Said the meadowlark to the nightingale, "I sing..." 
    "I sing..."
"I sing to wake my friend who sleeps by night. 
What shall we do? 
    What shall we do?" 
You sing to me and I'll sing to you." 
    Said the meadowlark to the nightingale . . . 
Said the nightingale to the meadowlark . . . 
    "I'll teach you a song I learned from a swan." 
"I'll teach you a magic spell I learned from an owl." 
So he taught his magic spell to the meadowlark in the night. 
    And she sang the song of the swan to the nightingale in the day. 
In the night, in the night, in the night. 
    In the day, in the day, in the day.
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Date added to the website: 2009-10-08.

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