O LASSIE, are ye sleepin yet,
Or are ye waukin, I wad wit?
For Love has bound me hand an fit,
And I would fain be in, jo.
Chorus.O let me in this ae night,
This ae, ae, ae night;
O let me in this ae night,
Ill no come back again, jo!
O hearst thou not the wind an weet?
Nae star blinks thro the driving sleet;
Tak pity on my weary feet,
And shield me frae the rain, jo.
O let me in, &c.
The bitter blast that round me blaws,
Unheeded howls, unheeded fas;
The cauldness o thy hearts the cause
Of a my care and pine, jo.
O let me in, &c.
HER ANSWERO tell na me o wind an rain,
Upbraid na me wi cauld disdain,
Gae back the gate ye cam again,
I winna let ye in, jo.
Chorus.I tell you now this ae night,
This ae, ae, ae night;
And ance for a this ae night,
I winna let ye in, jo.
The snellest blast, at mirkest hours,
That round the pathless wandrer pours
Is nocht to what poor she endures,
Thats trusted faithless man, jo.
I tell you now, &c.
The sweetest flower that deckd the mead,
Now trodden like the vilest weed
Let simple maid the lesson read
The weird may be her ain, jo.
I tell you now, &c.
The bird that charmd his summer day,
Is now the cruel Fowlers prey;
Let witless, trusting, Woman say
How aft her fates the same, jo!
I tell you now, &c.