May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister-Hank Thompson

[ti:May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister] [ar:Hank Thompson] [al:Express Yourself] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister - Hank Thompson [00:06.00]May I sleep in your barn tonight mister it is cold lying out on the ground [00:15.46] [00:17.09]And the cold north wind is whistling and I have no place to lie down [00:26.91] [00:28.50]Now I have no tobacco nor matches and I'm sure [00:35.29]I can cause you no harm [00:37.76] [00:39.68]I will tell you my story kind mister for it runs through [00:46.92]My heart like a storm [00:49.50] [00:51.18]It was three years ago just last summer I shall never forget that sad day [01:00.88] [01:02.18]When a stranger came out from the city and said that he wanted to stay [01:11.93] [01:13.78]Now the stranger was fair tall and handsome and [01:19.49]He looked like a man who had wealth [01:23.43] [01:25.06]And he wanted to stay in the country said [01:30.95]He wanted to stop for his health [01:34.55] [01:36.88]One night as I came from my workshop I was whistling and singing with joy [01:45.95] [01:47.82]I expected a kind hearty welcome from [01:53.67]My sweet loving wife and my boy [01:57.36] [01:59.81]But what did I find but a letter it was placed in [02:06.60]My room on the stand [02:09.09] [02:10.75]And the moment my eyes fell upon it I picked it right up [02:19.34]In my hand [02:20.40] [02:22.42]Now this note said my wife and the stranger had left [02:29.25]And had taken my son [02:31.98] [02:33.89]Oh I wonder if god up in heaven only knows what this stranger has done [02:43.49] [02:45.36]May I sleep in your barn tonight mister it is cold lying out on the ground [02:55.04] [02:56.56]And the cold north wind is a whistling and I have [03:03.11] [03:03.70]No place to lie down