They Call the Wind Mariah

The Kingston Trio

Words and Music by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe



-From their 1959 LP "From the Hungry"

-From the musical "Paint Your Wagon"





SLOWLY

Way out here they have a name for wind and rain and fire

The rain is Tess , the fire's Joe, and they call the wind Mariah

Mariah blows the stars around, sets the clouds a'flyin'

Mariah makes the mountain sound like folks was up there dyin'

Mariah, (Mariah), Mariah (Mariah), they call the wind Mariah



SLIGHTLY FASTER

Before I knew Mariah's name and heard her wail and whinin'

I had a gal and she had me and the sun was always shinin'

Then one day I left my gal, I left her far behind me

And now I'm lost, so gol-durned lost not even-God-can find me

Mariah, Mariah, they call the wind Mariah



EVEN FASTER

Out here they have a name for rain wind and fire only

When you're lost and all alone there ain't no name for lonely

I'm a lost and lonely man without a star to guide me

Mariah, blow my love to me, I need my gal beside me

Mar-i-ah, (Mar-i-ah), MARIAH ! (Mariah), they call the wind Mar-i-ah

Mar-i-ah, Mariah, Mariah

They call the wind Mar-i-ah.



Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz

ronhontz@worldnet.att.net