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Thread #127524   Message #2846449
Posted By: Reinhard
22-Feb-10 - 05:22 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Who wrote The Night Visiting Song
Subject: Lyr Add: NIGHT VISITING SONG
This is Ray and Archie Fisher's version of The Night Visiting Song on their 1961 EP Far Over the Forth. As peregrina already stated above, the sleeve notes said: "This is a composite version from field-recordings made by Hamish Henderson. There is a whole series of night-visiting songs in Scotland, ranging from the bawdy, such as The Laird o' Windy Wa's to the tender. This is a particular good version of the latter."

I must away now, I can no longer tarry,
This morning's tempest I have to cross.
I must be guided without a stumble
Into the arms I love the most.

And when he came to his true love's dwelling
He knelt down gently upon a stone,
And through the window he's whispered lowly
"Is my true lover within at home?"

She's lifted her head from off her down-white pillow,
She's lifted the blankets from off her breast
And through the window she's whispered lowly,
"Who's that disturbing me at my night's rest?"

"Wake up, wake up, love, it is your own true lover,
Wake up, wake up, love, and let me in;
For I am wet, love, and o so weary,
For I am wet, love, into my skin."

She's raised her up with the greatest of pleasure,
She's raised her up to let him in,
And they were locked in each other's arms
Until the long night was past and gone.

And when the long night was past and over,
And when the small clouds began to grow,
He's ta'en her hand, aye, they've kissed and parted,
Then he's saddled and mounted and away did go.