Cold, Haily, Windy Night

Oh, my hat, it is frozen to my head

Feet, they are like a lump of lead

Oh, my shoes, they are frozen to my feet

With standing at your window

"Let me in", the soldier cried

"Cold, haily, windy night, oh"

"Let me in", the soldier cried

"For I'll not go back again, no"

My father watches down on the street

Mother, the chamber keys do keep

Oh the doors and windows, they do creek

I dare not let you in, no

"Let me in", the soldier cried

"Cold, haily, windy night, oh"

"Let me in", the soldier cried

"For I'll not go back again, no"

Oh, and she's rose up and she's let him in

She's kissed her true love cheek and chin

And she's drawn him between the sheets again

She's opened and she's let him in, oh

Then she has blessed the rainy night

Cold, haily, windy night, oh

Oh, then she has blessed the rainy night

That she's opened and she let him in, oh

"Soldier, soldier, stay with me

Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me oh?"

"No, no, no it never can be

So fare thee well forever"

And then she has wept for the rainy night

Cold, haily, windy night, oh

Then she has wept for the rainy night

That she's opened and she's let him in, oh

Oh and he's jumped up all out of the bed

He's put his hat all on his head

Oh but she had lost her maiden head

Her mother, she heard the din, oh

And then she has cursed the rainy night

Cold haily, windy night, oh

Then she has cursed the rainy night

That she opened and she let him in, oh

And then she has cursed the rainy night

Cold haily, windy night, oh

Then she has cursed the rainy night

That she's opened and she let him in, oh