Key: E major
Verse 1
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Last night it was dark,
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He was tramping along to the station
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May I sleep in your barn tonight, mister?
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The cold north wind it is howling,
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and I have no place to lie down.
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Oh, I have no tobacco, no matches,
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I will tell you my story, kind mister,
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for it runs through my heart like a storm.
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It was three years ago last summer,
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When a stranger rode in from the city
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And he said that he wanted to stay
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May I sleep in your barn tonight, mister?
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The cold, cold wind it is howling
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And I have no place to lie down
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That night as I came from my workshop
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from the sweet, loving wife and my boy.
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But what could I find about a letter?
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and the mo ment my eye fell upon it,
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I pick it right up in my hand.
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They have gone and have taken my son
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Oh, I wonder if God up in heaven
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Only knows what the stranger has done
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May I sleep in your barn tonight, mister?
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The cold north wind, it is howling
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And I have no place to lie down you
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