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LET ME IN THIS A'E NIGHT.

O lassie art thou sleeping yet?
Or art thou wakin. I would wit?
For love has bound me, hand and foot,
And I would fain be in, jo.

Chorus.
O let me in this ae night,
This ae, ae, ae night;
For pity's sake this ae night,
O rise and let me in, jo.

Thou hear'st the wintry wind and 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 around me blaws
Unheeded howls, unheeded fa's;
The cauldness o' thy heart's the cause
Of a my grief and pain, jo.
O let me in, &c.

HER ANSWER.

O tell na me o' wind and rain,
Upbraid na me wi' cauld disdain!