A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1795 · Poem

O Let Me in Thes Ae Night


O Lassie, are ye sleepin yet,Or are ye waukin, I wad wit?For Love has bound me hand an’ fit,And I would fain be in, jo.4

Chorus

O let me in this ae night,This ae, ae, ae night;O let me in this ae night,I’ll no come back again, jo!8
O hear’st thou not the wind an’ weet?Nae star blinks thro’ the driving sleet;Tak pity on my weary feet,And shield me frae the rain, jo.12

Chorus

O let me in this ae night,This ae, ae, ae night;O let me in this ae night,I’ll no come back again, jo!16
The bitter blast that round me blaws,Unheeded howls, unheeded fa’s;The cauldness o’ thy heart’s the causeOf a’ my care and pine, jo.20

Chorus

O let me in this ae night,This ae, ae, ae night;O let me in this ae night,I’ll no come back again, jo!24
Year
1795
Form
Poem
Location
Dumfries
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns