Autoharpbob quoted from this on 19-Sep-2009. You can hear it on YouTube:


LET THE COLD WIND BLOW
As sung by Kate Rusby on "Little Lights" (2001)

Oh, dear me! What do mine eyes see?
James Reynolds and my love sat under yon tree.
My heart it bleeds
For she loves him indeed.
Sing hi lo lay at the end of the day.
Sing hi lo lay at the end of the day.

Here I stand empty heart, empty hand,
While he has my true love and he has my land.
Oh, my heart is sore
For she loves me no more.
Sing hi lo lay at the end of the day.
Sing hi lo lay at the end of the day.

No more she'll fly; no more she'll cry
All over the cold earth beneath which I lie.
My heart it grieves
For my side she must leave.
Sing hi lo lay at the end of the day.
Sing hi lo lay at the end of the day.

Let the cold wind blow; let the years come and go.
I'll wait for my true love though she'll never know.
I wish them no rest
Like the heart in my breast.
Sing hi lo lay at the end of the day.
Sing hi lo lay at the end of the day.

I wish them no rest
Like the heart in my breast.
Sing hi lo lay at the end of the day.
Sing hi lo lay at the end of the day.