Let Me in this Ae Night

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T:Let Me in this Ae Night
B:Johnson, The Scots Musical Museum, vol.IV p.320, 1792.
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:O las-sie are ye sleep-in yet, Or are ye wauk-in, I wad wit, For
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w:loove has bound me hand and fitt, And I wad fain be in jo. O
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w:let me in this ae night, This ae, ae,_ ae night; O
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w:let me in this ae night, And I'll no come back a-gain, jo.
W:O lassie are ye sleepin yet,
W:Or are ye waukin, I wad wit,
W:For loove has bound me hand and fitt,
W:And I wad fain be in jo.
W:O let me in this ae night,
W:This ae, ae, ae night;
W:O let me in this ae night,
W:And I'll no come back again, jo.
W:
W:The morn it is the term-day,
W:I maun awa, I canna stay,
W:O pity me before I gae,
W:And rise and let me in, jo.
W:O let me in, &c.
W:
W:The night it is baith cauld and weet,
W:The morn it will be snaw and sleet,
W:My shoon are frozen to my feet
W:In standing here my lane, jo.
W:O let me in, &c.
W:
W:I am the laird o' Windy-wa's,
W:I cam na here without a cause,
W:And I hae gotten mony fa's
W:In comin thro' the plain, jo.
W:O let me in, &c.
W:
W:"My father's walking in the street,
W:My mither the chamber keys does keep.
W:My chamber-door does chirp and cheep,
W:I daur na let you in, jo.
W:O gae your ways this ae night,
W:This ae, ae, ae night;
W:O gae your ways this ae night,
W:For I daur na let you in, jo."
W:
W:But I'll come stealing saftly in,
W:And cannily mak little din;
W:My fittstep-tread there's nane can ken
W:For the sughin wind and rain, jo.
W:O let me in, &c.
W:
W:"Cast up the door unto the weet,
W:Cast aff your shoon frae aff your feet;
W:Syne to my chamber ye may creep,
W:But ye maunna do't gain, jo."
W:O leeze me on this ae night,
W:This ae, ae, ae night;
W:The joys we've had this ae night,
W:Your chamber was within, jo!

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