Lyrics of May i sleep in your barn tonight mister

One night it was dark and it was storming when along came a tramp in the rain
He was making his way to some station to catch a long distance train

May i sleep in your barn mister it is cold lying out on the ground
And the cold north wind is whistling and i have no place to lie down
Now i have no tobacco nor matches and i'm sure i can cause you no harm
I will tell you my story kind mister for it runs through my heart like a storm

It was three years ago just last summer i shall never forget that sad day
When a stranger came out from the city and said that he wanted to stay
Now the stranger was fair tall and handsome and he looked like a man who had wealth
And he wanted to stay in the country said he wanted to stop for his health

One night as i came from my workshop i was whistling and singing with joy
I expected a kind hearty welcome from my sweet loving wife and my boy
But what did i find but a letter it was placed in my room on the stand
And the moment my eyes fell upon it i picked it right up in my hand

Now this note said my wife and the stranger had left and had taken my son
Oh i wonder if god up in heaven only knows what this stranger has done
May i sleep in your barn mister it is cold lying out on the ground
And the cold north wind is a whistling and i have no place to lie down