“Love Let Me In (Forty Long Miles; It Rains, It Hails)”
Description
The singer arrives after a long journey, and appeals to the girl: "It rains, it blows, it hails, it snows ... love let me in." At first she turns him away because she is home alone. She changes her mind, takes him to bed and he marries her the next day.
Cross references
- cf. "Rise Up Quickly and Let Me In (The Ghostly Lover)" (plot)
- cf. "Let Me In This Ae Nicht" (plot)
References
- Leach-Labrador 48, "Love, Let Me In" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT, FORTYLNG*
- Roud #608
- BI, LLab048