"Oh, me hat, it is frozen to me head
Me feet, they are like a lump of lead
Oh, me shoes, they are frozen to me feet
With standing at your window"

"Let me in," the soldier cried
Cold, haily, windy night
"Oh, let me in," the soldier cried
"For I'll not go back again, no"

"Me father, he watches down on the street
Me mother, the chamber keys do keep
Oh, the doors and the windows, they do creak
I dare not let you in, oh"

"Let me in," the soldier cried
Cold, haily, windy night
"Oh, let me in," the soldier cried
"For I'll not go back again, no"

Oh, and she's rose up and she's let him in
She's kissed her true love cheek and chin
And she's drawn him between her sheets again
And she opened and she let him in, oh

Then she has blessed the rainy night
Cold, haily, windy night
Oh, then she has blessed the rainy night
That she opened and she let him in, oh
"Soldier, soldier, stay with me
Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me?"
"Oh no, no, no, it never can be
So fare bid thee well forever"

Then she has wept for the rainy night
Cold, haily, windy night
Oh, then she has wept for the rainy night
That she opened and she let him in, oh

Oh, and he's jumped up all out of the bed
He's put his hat all on his head
But she had lost her maidenhead
Her mother, she heard the din, oh

Then she has cursed the rainy night
Cold, haily, windy night
Oh, then she has cursed the rainy night
That she opened and she let him in, oh

And then she has cursed the rainy night
Cold, haily, windy night
Oh, then she has cursed the rainy night
That she opened and she let him in, oh