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Stranger you call in early day You came as I rose from bed Sit a while I'll let you stay The cold outside is bitter Though you can't tell now My hair used to be Yellow like the stalks of hay in our field My palms rough from years sowing seed My skin was browned by the sun I wish I had something for you to eat The cow is long gone The eggs they have froze I wish I had something for you to eat Stay for a while with me We built this house with wood from our land The plot of ten acres bought by us two Each joint and beam cut by hand They've kept me from the cold My husband and I grew weary and old No children to keep us in care I woke up one morning And he had grown cold SongtexteNow I wait to be with him And I wish I had whiskey for you to drink I drank the last drop the night before I wish I had whiskey for you to drink Stay for a while with me Now life has not done me too good or too wrong I haven't had much of what you could by What I had, a price you couldn't put on I lived and I loved and paid not a dime So I'll sift out my stories and look at the sky My feet on the floorboards cut long ago As the flicker of candle sputters to die I'll smile to see you come morning. Aus Songtexte Mania