Lyr Req: Bed For The Night

Subject: Lyr Req: Bed For The Night
From: GUEST,MickyMan
Date: 01 Jan 04 - 11:23 AM

Anybody have words and writer name for   "Bed For The Night", popularized by the beautiful singing of Maura O'Connell.

Subject: Lyr Add: BED FOR THE NIGHT (Charlie McGettigan)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 02 Jan 04 - 07:47 PM

Copied from the website of Hubert Dohr, a German folksinger who has also recorded it—with a few errors corrected by me (including the spelling of the author's name).

BED FOR THE NIGHT
(Charlie McGettigan)

1. He was standing on the corner as the sun was going down
He was looking for a contact he had. He had just arrived in town
With a suitcase full of emptiness his clothes are worn and tirred
And he was looking for a bed for the night.

2. And he had a list of numbers that had slipped out of his hands.
An uncle lived in somewhere out in Manchester, he said.
He had come out of a country where the tunnels had no lights,
He was looking for a bed for the night.

CHORUS: Just a bed for the night,
Somewhere warm till the morning light,
And he was looking for a bed for the night.

3. Standing on the corner was a man called Father John.
He said, "Come in from the cold and set you down there, my good man."
And the small talk was of football and the tea tasted so right
And he was looking for a bed for the night. CHORUS

4. There was something in this situation made me realize
That there is always someone with a kindness in their eyes.
So if Father John should hear me—and who knows? He just might—
Hear me say, "Thank you for the bed for the night." CHORUS

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bed For The Night
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Jan 04 - 07:57 PM

BTW Charlie McGettigan was one half of the Irish duo that won the Eurovision in 94(I think).

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bed For The Night
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Jan 04 - 08:09 PM

Also I think Ray Lyneham did this song.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bed For The Night
From: MickyMan
Date: 04 Jan 04 - 06:02 AM

Thank you, Jim Dixon, for getting me the words to this song. This mudcat site works fast, doesn't it? I'm an excited member now, and hopefully I can help somebody out soon with some stuff I can send in.