May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister

Subject: May I Sleep in your barn,tonight, mister?
From:
Date: 07 Dec 98 - 01:19 AM

My dad had a lot of songs he used to sing 40 years ago I need the words to. May I sleep in your barn tonight, Mister about a guy whose wife left him, and another, I Want to go back to that tumbledown shack are just two I would really appreciate a lead on. Thanks.

Subject: RE: May I Sleep in your barn,tonight, mister?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 07 Dec 98 - 03:45 AM

Do a Forum Search under Sleep in your Barn, and you'll find a wealth of information about the song. Click here for the lyrics. Click here for more.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: May I Sleep in your barn,tonight, mister?
From:
Date: 07 Dec 98 - 06:40 AM

Slim Dusty did a version of it in his early days. It is to the tune of "Red River Valley"

Murray

Subject: RE: May I Sleep in your barn,tonight, mister?
From: GUEST,Gene
Date: 06 Apr 00 - 04:51 PM

Jeannie Seely gave it a different twist some years ago-

May I Sleep In Your Arms Tonight, Mister?

Subject: RE: May I Sleep in your barn,tonight, mister?
From: GUEST,DanD
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 03:50 PM

Willie Nelson does it to on "Red Headed Stranger"

/Can I sleep in your arms tonight lady/ It's so cold lyin' here all alone/ And I need someone's arms to hold onto/ Til i'm strong enough to get back on my feet/

...or something like that.

Subject: RE: May I Sleep in your barn,tonight, mister?
From: GUEST,DanD
Date: 11 Apr 00 - 02:43 PM

Working my way through this thread I found a reference to a tramp coming into a bar from out of the night which reminded me of "The Face on the Barroom..." which remminded me of another thread about the "Stain on the Barroom Floor" which I noticed hasn't been addressed in quite a while. Did anyone ever pos the words to Uncle Albert's story?