Cold Blow and the Rainy Night
 

Me hat is frozen to me head
My body is like a lump of lead
My shoes is frozen to me feet
With standin at your window
 

          O let me come in the soldier cried
          Cold blow and the rainy night
          Oh let me come in the soldier cried
          I'll never go back again, oh
 

Well, me father is workin down the street
Me mother the bedroom keys does keep
Me door and windows all do creak
I cannot let you in O
 

          O let me come in the soldier cried
          Cold blow and the rainy night
          Let me come in the soldier cried
          I'll never go back again, oh
 

Then she got up and let him in
And she kissed his ruby lips and chin
They went back to bed again
And the soldier he won her favour
 

          Then she blessed the rainy night
          Cold blow and the rainy night
          Then she blessed the rainy night
          That ever she’d let him in, Oh.
 

Well now you’ve had your way with me
Oh soldier, won’t you marry me ?
No, me love, that never can be
So fare thee well for ever.
 

          Then she cursed the rainy night
          Cold blow and the rainy night
          Then she cursed the rainy night
          That ever she’d let him in, Oh.

Then he jumped up out of the bed
And he put his hat upon his head
She had lost her maidenhead
And her mammy had heard the [jingle]/[din O]
 

          Then she cursed the rainy night
          Cold blow and the rainy night
          Then she cursed the rainy night
          That ever she’d let him in O
 

Nineteenth century broadside from Baring-Gould collection. Printed in Seeds of Love. Recorded by Steeleye Span on Please to See the King and by Planxty on Cold Blow and the Rainy Night. Alternative title; Cold Haily Rainy Night. Words adjusted by Bob Murray.

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