Do You Remember That Night

Do You Remember That Night By Eugene O'Curry

Do you remember that night

When you were at the window,

With neither hat nor gloves

Nor coat to shelter you?

I reached out my hand to you,

And you ardently grasped it;

I remained in converse with you

Until the lark began to sing.

Do you remember that night

That you and I were

At the foot of the rowan tree,

And the night drifting snow?

Your head on my breast,

And your pipe sweetly playing?

Little thought I that night

That our love ties would loosen!

Beloved of my inmost heart,

Come some night and soon,

When my people are at rest,

That we may talk together,

My arms shall encircle you

While I relate my sad tale,

That your soft, pleasant converse

Hath deprived me of heaven.

The fire is unraked,

The light unextinguished,

The key under the door,

Do you softly draw it.

My mother is asleep,

But I am wide awake,

My fortune in my hand,

I am ready to go with you.