Name: The Night Visiting Song
Duration: P00H02M57S
Description: The theme was 'Night Songs' and I'd already recorded the Grey Cock for the 'Ghost Songs' theme. The songs share the opening few verses, but not the tune, and there's two very different outcomes. This is by far the happier version, so it's obviously the one I sing the least.

The Night Visiting Song

from Trad Song Tuesdays Volume 0 by Piers Cawley

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The theme was 'Night Songs' and I'd already recorded the Grey Cock for the 'Ghost Songs' theme. The songs share the opening few verses, but not the tune, and there's two very different outcomes. This is by far the happier version, so it's obviously the one I sing the least.

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I must away now, I can no longer tarry
This morning's tempest I have to cross
I will be guided without a stumble
Into the arms I love the best

But when he's come to his true love's window
He's knelt down gently all at a stone
And through the window has whispered softly
My darling dear do you like alone?

She's raised her head from her down soft pillow
And snowy were her milk-white breasts
And through the window has whispered lowly
Who's that disturbing me in my long night's rest?

It's I your love now, but don't discover
I bid you rise love and let me in
For I am wet love, aye very weary
Yes I am wet unto my skin

She's raised her up with the greatest of pleasure
Thrown open the window, she's let him in
And it's there they've kissed and embraced each other
Through that long night they lay as one

And when that long night was passed and over
And when the storm birds began to sing
He's raised him up, they've kissed and parted
He's mounted his steed and away did ride.

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from Trad Song Tuesdays Volume 0, released February 26, 2020
Trad. Arr. Cawley

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Piers Cawley Doncaster, UK

A singer for as long as he can remember, Piers (he/they) sings Old Songs with a clarity and conviction that makes them as fresh as paint.

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