Eliza Carthy, Chris Wood, Transglobal Underground and The Young Copper Family:Cold, Haily, Rainy Night

“Cold, Haily, Rainy Night”
Artist:	Eliza Carthy, Chris Wood, Transglobal Underground and The Young Copper Family
Albums:	The Imagined Village (2007)

Oh my hat is frozen to my head
My feet are like two lumps of lead
I'm stuck out here, half-drenched, half-dead
From standing under your window
Oh let me in, the soldier cried
Cold haily windy night
Oh let me in, the soldier cried
Or I'll not come back again oh

Oh my father he watches down the street
And my mother the bedroom keys she keeps
And the doors and the windows do creak
And I dare not let you in oh
Oh let me in, the soldier cried
Cold haily windy night
Oh let me in, the soldier cried
For I'll not come back again oh

Oh she's rose up and she let him in
She kissed her true love cheek and chin
She's took him between the sheets again
And she opened and let him in oh
Oh then she's blessed the rainy night
Cold haily windy night
Then she's blessed the rainy night
That she opened and she let him in oh

Oh soldier, soldier, won't you stay with me
And soldier, won't you marry me?
Oh no my dear, you're not for me
So fare you well forever
Oh then she has wept for the rainy night
And the cold and the haily windy night
Oh then she has wept for the rainy night
That she opened and she let him in oh

Oh and he's jumped up all out of her bed
And he's put his hat all on his head
And he's got away with her maidenhead
Her mummy she's heard the din oh
Oh then she has cursed and the rainy night
And the cold and the haily windy night
Oh then she has cursed all the rainy night
That she opened and she let him in oh