Let Me in this Ae Nicht
On Springthyme SPRCD 1004
OSSIAN - Ossian
Billy Ross - lead vocal & dulcimer; Billy Jackson - whistle, small pipes & vocal; George Jackson - guitar, mandolin & vocal; John Martin - fiddle, cello & vocal.
This is one of a whole class of songs referred to as ‘night visiting songs.’ Robert Burns knew Let Me In This Ae Nicht as a traditional folk song and this is his adaptation.
1: "Oh lassie are ye sleepin yet?
Or are thou wauken, I wad wait?
For love has bound me hand an foot,
An I wad fain be in Jo."
Chorus:
"Oh let me in this ae nicht
This ae, ae, ae nicht,
For pity's sake this ae nicht,
Oh rise an let me in Jo."
2: "Thou hear'st the winter wind an weet,
Nae star blinks through the drivin sleet,
Oh tak pity on my weary feet,
An shield me frae the rain Jo."
3: "Oh the bitter blast that round me blaws,
Unheeded howls, unheeded faas,
Oh the coldness o thy hert's the cause,
Of aa my grief an pain Jo."
4: "Oh tell na me o wind an rain,
Upbraid na me wi cauld disdain;
Ah gae back the gait ye cam again,
I winna let ye in Jo."
5: "Oh the bird that charmed the summer's day,
Is now the cruel fowler's prey,
Ah let witless, trusting woman say,
How aft her fate's the same Jo."
6: "For I tell ye noo this ae nicht,
This ae, ae, ae nicht,
For aince an aa this ae nicht,
I winna let ye in Jo."
Chorus:
"Oh let me in this ae nicht
This ae, ae, ae nicht,
For pity's sake this ae nicht,
Oh rise an let me in Jo." |
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Copyright: Trad. Arr. Ossian/Springthyme Music © 1984
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