COLD HAILY RAINY NIGHT



My cap is frozen to my head

My heart is like a lump of lead

My shoes are frozen to my feet

With standing at your window



Let me in the soldier cried

Cold haily rainy night

Oh let me in the soldier cried

I'll not go back again, oh



My father's walking on the street

My mother the chamber keys do keep

The doors and windows, they do creak

I dare not let you in O



Let me in the soldier cried

Cold haily rainy night

O let me in the soldier cried

For I'll not go back again O



Oh then she rose and let him in

And kissed his ruby lips and chin

And then they went to bed again

And soon he gained her favor



Then she blessed the rainy night

She rose and let him in O

Now since you had your will of me

Soldier will you marry me ?



No such thing can ever be

So fare you well for ever

Then she cursed the rainy night

Cold haily rainy night



O then she cursed the rainy night

That ever she let him in O

Then he jumped out of bed

He put his cap upon his head

And she had lost her maidenhead

And her mother heard the din O



Then she cursed the rainy night

Cold haily rainy night

O then she cursed the rainy night

That ever she let him in O



@nightvisit @courtship @soldier

Nineteenth century broadside from Baring-Gould collection

Printed in Seeds of Love

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