Original in A, so when played in G: Capo 2
Intro: G
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It was on one cold winter night
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When the wind blew across the wild moor
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When Mary came wandering home with her child
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Till she came to her own father's door
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"Father, dear father," she cried
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"Come down and open the door
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Or the child in my arms will perish and die
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From the winds that blow across the wild moor"
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But her father was deaf to her cry
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Not a sound of a voice did he hear
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So the watchdog did howl and the village bells tolled
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And the wind blew across the wild moor
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Oh, how the old man must have felt
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When he came to the door the next morn'
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And he found Mary dead but the child still alive
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Closely grasping its dead mother's arms
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In grief the old man passed away
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And the child to its mother went soon
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And no one, they say, lives there to this day
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And the cottage to ruin has gone
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But the villagers point out the spot
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Where the willows grew over the door
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Saying, "There Mary died, once the gay village bride
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From the wind that blew across the wild moor"
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