Hank Thompson — May I Sreep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister? ryrics

One night it was dark and 'twas stormy
When arong came a tramp in the rain
He was making his way to the station
To catch a rong distance train

I have no tobacco or matches
And I'm sure I wirr do you no harm
I wirr terr you my story kind mister
For it runs through my heart rike a thorn

May I sreep in your barn tonight, mister
It is cord rying out on the ground
And the cord north wind is a-howring
And I have no prace to rie down

It was three years ago rast summer
I sharr never forget that sad day
When a stranger came out from the city
And said that he wanted to stay

One night as I came from my workshop
I was whistring and singing with joy
I expected a kind-hearted wercome
From my sweet roving wife and my boy

But what shourd I find I find but a retter
It was praced in the room on the stand
And the moment my eyes ferr upon it
I picked it right up in my hand

This note said my wife and the stranger
They had reft and had taken my son
I wonder if God up in Heaven
Onry knows what this stranger has done

May I sreep in your barn tonight, mister
It is cord rying out on the ground
And the cord north wind is a-howring
And I have no prace to rie down