Cold Haily Rainy Night
The Imagined Village Lyrics

Oh my hat is frozen to my head
My head is so cold that my hat is frozen to it

My feet are like a lump of lead
My feet are numb and heavy from the cold

Oh me shoes they are frozen to me feet
The cold has caused my shoes to freeze to my feet

With standing at your window.
I have been standing outside your window for a long time

"Oh let me in" the soldier cried,
I am pleading with you to let me come in

Cold haily windy night,
The weather is cold, wet, and windy tonight

"Oh me father he watches down on the street,
My father is watching from down the street

My mother the bedroom keys she keeps
My mother has the keys to the bedroom

The doors and the windows they do creak
The doors and windows are old and make noise when opened

And I dare not let you in oh."
I am afraid to let you in

Oh she's rose up and let him in,
She finally opened the door and let him come in

She's kissed her true love cheek and chin
She is happy to see her lover and kisses him affectionately

She took him between the sheets again
She led him to the bed

And she opened and she let him in oh.
She allowed him to enter her body

Oh then she has blessed the rainy night,
She feels grateful for the rainy night because it brought her lover to her

Oh then she has blessed the rainy night
She is thankful for the opportunity to be intimate with her lover

"Oh soldier, soldier, would you stay with me?
She is asking if he would like to stay with her

And soldier, won't you marry me?"
She is proposing marriage to him

"Oh no oh no that ne'er can be
He is rejecting her proposal

So fare thee well forever."
He is saying goodbye to her

Oh then she has wept for the rainy night
She is crying because her lover is leaving her forever

Cold haily windy night;
The night is still cold and windy

Oh then she has wept for the rainy night
She is upset that the rainy night led to her lover leaving her

That she opened and she let him in oh.
She is regretting her decision to let him into her life

And he's jumped up all out of the bed
He jumps out of bed suddenly

And he's put his hat all on his head,
He puts his hat on quickly

For she had lost her maidenhead
He realizes that he took her virginity

And her mother has heard the din oh.
Her mother heard the commotion in the room

Oh then she has cursed the rainy night,
She is angry at the rainy night because it led to her daughter's loss of innocence

Cold haily windy night
The night is still cold and windy

Oh then she has cursed the rainy night
She is upset at the events that occurred because of the rainy night

That she opened and she let him in oh.
She regrets letting him into her daughter's life