LET ME IN THIS AE NICHT



"Oh, lassie art thou sleeping yet

Or are you waking, I would wit?

For love has bound me hand and foot

And I would fain be in, jo



"Let me in this ae nicht

This ae, ae, ae nicht

Oh, let me in this ae nicht

And I'll ne'er come back again



"The morn it is the term day

I maun awa', I canna stay

Oh pity me, before I gae

And rise and let me in, jo



"The nicht, it is baith cauld and weet

The morn, it will be snaw and sleet

My shoon are frozen to my feet

Wi' standing on the plain, jo



"I am the laird o' windy-wa's

I come nae here wi'out a cause

And I hae gotten mony fa's

Upon a naked wame oh"



"My faither's walking on the street

My mither the chamber keys doth keep

My chamber door does chirp and cheep

And I dare nae let ye in, jo



"Oh gae your way this ae nicht

The ae, ae, ae nicht

Oh gae your way this ae nicht

For I dare nae let ye in, jo"



"But I'll come stealin' saftly in

And cannily mak' little din

My fit-step tread, there's nae can ken

For the souchin' wind and rain, jo"



"Cast off the sheen frae off your feet

Cast back the door up to the weet

Syne into my bed you may creep

And do the thing you ken, jo"



"Oh leeze me on this ae nicht

This ae, ae, ae nicht

The joys we've had this ae nicht

Your chamber wa's within, jo"



She let him in sae cannily

She let him in sae privily

She let him in sae cannily

To do the thing ye ken, jo



But e'er a' was done and a' was said

Out fell the bottom o' the bed

The lassie lost her maidenhead

And her mither heard the din, jo



"Oh the Devil tak' the ae nicht

The ae, ae, ae nicht

Oh the Devil tak' the ae nicht

That e'er I let ye in, jo"



@Scots @nightvisit @sex @courtship

from Ewan MacColl Folk Songs and Ballads of Scotland

sung by Norman Kennedy

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