I built my house beside the wood So I could hear you singing And it was sweet and it was good And love was all beginning Fare thee well my nightingale 'Twas long ago I found you Now all your songs of beauty fail The forest closes 'round you BEBFB7 B E The sun goes down behind a veil B F# 'Tis now that you would call me B E So rest in peace my nightingale B F# B Beneath your branch of holly B E B Fare thee well my nightingale B F# 'Twas long ago I found you B E Now all your songs of beauty fail B F# B The forest closes 'round you BEBBF# B E B B B# Fare thee well my nightingale I lived but to be near you Tho' you are singing somewhere still I can no longer hear you BEBBFB