Steeleye Span Cold Haily Windy Night Lyrics

oh me hat it is frozen to me head.
me feet they are like a lump of lead.
me shoes they are frozen to me feet
a with standing at your win - dow.
let me in the soldier cried
cold, haily, windy night - oh
let me in the soldier cried
for i'll not go back a - gain no.

oh me father he watches down on the street.
me mother the chamber keys do keep - oh.
the doors and windows they do creek,
i dare not let you in - oh.
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.

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oh she 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
and she's opened and let him in - oh.
then she has blessed the rainy night
cold, haily, windy night - oh
then she has blessed the rainy night that she 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 bid thee well for ever.
then she has wept for the rainy night
cold, haily, windy night - oh
then she has wept for the rainy night
that she opened and she let him in - oh.

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he's jumped up all out of the bed
he's put his hat all on his head,
but she had lost her maiden head
her mother she heard the din - oh.
the 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.

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.