Oh, the nights were dark and cold, When my love was gone.
And life was hard to hold When my love was gone.
I was wise, I never gave What they teach a girl to save, But I wished myself his slave When my love was gone.
I was all alone at night When my love came home.
Oh, what thought of wrong or right When my love came home?
I flung the door back wide And I pulled my love inside;
There was no more shame or pride When my love came home.
