Original in A, so when played in G: Capo 2 Intro: G G D G It was on one cold winter night G A7 D7 When the wind blew across the wild moor G D G C When Mary came wandering home with her child G D7 G Till she came to her own father's door G D G "Father, dear father," she cried G A7 D7 "Come down and open the door G D G C Or the child in my arms will perish and die G D7 G From the winds that blow across the wild moor" G D G But her father was deaf to her cry G A7 D7 Not a sound of a voice did he hear G D G C So the watchdog did howl and the village bells tolled G D7 G And the wind blew across the wild moor GDGCGDG G D G Oh, how the old man must have felt G A7 D7 When he came to the door the next morn' G D G C And he found Mary dead but the child still alive G D7 G Closely grasping its dead mother's arms G D G In grief the old man passed away G A7 D7 And the child to its mother went soon G D G C And no one, they say, lives there to this day G D7 G And the cottage to ruin has gone GDGCGDG G D G But the villagers point out the spot G A7 D7 Where the willows grew over the door G D G C Saying, "There Mary died, once the gay village bride G D7 G From the wind that blew across the wild moor" GDGCGDG