Name: Forty Long Miles
Duration: P00H01M34S
Description: Also known as "The Cottage in the Wood", "Love, Let Me In" or "It Hails, It Rains", this song tells a very familiar story found in many folk songs. It has been performed over the years by Frank Hinchliffe, George Withers and also by Martin Carthy, although the version he sings is significantly longer and has a rather more brutal ending. I learnt it at Forest School Camps.

Forty Long Miles

from Of Love and War by Roary Skaista

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

£1 GBP or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

Also known as "The Cottage in the Wood", "Love, Let Me In" or "It Hails, It Rains", this song tells a very familiar story found in many folk songs. It has been performed over the years by Frank Hinchliffe, George Withers and also by Martin Carthy, although the version he sings is significantly longer and has a rather more brutal ending. I learnt it at Forest School Camps.

lyrics

LYRICS:

It's forty long miles I've traveled this day,
I saw a fine cottage beside the highway,
Such that I never seen before,
Such that I never seen before.

I boldly stepped up and I knocked at the door,
And a pretty young lassie skipped over the floor,
Such that I never had seen before,
Such that I never had seen before.

"Oh it hails and rains and snows and blows,
And I am wet through all my clothes.
So I pray you please let me in,
So I pray you please let me in.”

“Oh no, oh no, that never can be,
For no one's awake in this house but me.
So I dare not let you in,
So I dare not let you in.

My mother and father are fast asleep,
My brother is out, he is watching the sheep,
So I dare not let you in,
So I dare not let you in."

Well I turned myself around to go,
Till kind affection she did show,
Saying "Come on, I'll let you in",
Saying "Come on I'll let you in."

“Take off you wet and put on your dry,
Then go to my bed and quietly lie.
And shortly I will be there,
And shortly I will be there.”

They spent the night in sweet content,
And the very next day to the hills they went,
And he loved her for all of his days,
And he loved her for all of his days.

credits

from Of Love and War, released August 1, 2016
Traditional

license

about

Roary Skaista UK

Roary Skaista is a queer folk musician based in Oxford, performing traditional folk songs as well as their own material on the themes of love, nature and diversity.

Support Roary on Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/roaryskaista

Find Roary elsewhere on the internet: linktr.ee/roaryskaista ... more

Facebook

contact / help

Contact Roary Skaista

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Roary Skaista, you may also like:

Frankenstein
by The Mechanisms

supported by 4 fans who also own “Forty Long Miles”

Oh whats this a 10 minute ballad that's also a circular story involving AI and the downfall of its creators? I'll take 15 copies please tyrant3317
go to album
Tales To Be Told
by The Mechanisms

supported by 4 fans who also own “Forty Long Miles”

TTBT has some of my favorite songs written by The Mechs. Iphis is my personal favorite due to its ties with Greek Mythology, but it's definitely an album I have on repeat constantly. yumeinati
go to album
Spider Tales
by Jake Blount

This album speaks to the continuum of African diasporic culture that is central to the vibrant canon of Americana folk music. Bandcamp Album of the Day May 29, 2020
go to album
Sweet Old Religion
by Pharis & Jason Romero

Sweet harmonies & strummed melodies; the duo delve into decades-old folk, jazz, and country to find a timeless kind of love and connection. Bandcamp New & Notable May 23, 2018
go to album
Collapse List
by Novo Amor

Big, emotive pop songs with expansive instrumentation and heartrending vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable May 3, 2024
go to album
Cabana
by Lau Ro

featured on Bandcamp Radio Apr 30, 2024
go to album
Requiem for a Planet
by Beams

The Toronto-based sextet make moody, cinematic sounding music that blends psych-folk and post-rock. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 27, 2024
go to album