Who's That Knocking At My Window

Who's that knocking at my window
Knocks so loud and won't come in
It is your own true-hearted lover
Rise you up and let him in

Go away go away, don't wake my mother
Our love's a thing she can't endure
She's been the ruin of many a lover
She'll be the ruin of many more

I've come to whisper in your ear, love
Do you think it ant harm
I've come to wean you of your mother
Pray trust yourself in your darling arms

Go away go away, don't wake my father
For he is on his bed of rest
And on his breast he carries a weapon
To kill the one that I love best

I wish I was a little sparrow
I'd circle like a turtledove
I'd fly away to a lonely valley
And settle down in the land of love

Recorded 6/8/38 - Charlotte, NC