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 filename[ AENICHT SF ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY===