They call the wind mariah

They call the wind mariahthe kingston triowords and music by alan jay lerner and frederick loewe-from their 1959 lp "from the hungry"-from the musical "paint your wagon"<with bongo accompaniment throughout>slowlyway out here they have a name for wind and rain and firethe rain is tess , the fire's joe, and they call the wind mariahmariah 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 mariahslightly fasterbefore 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 meand now i'm lost, so gol-durned lost not even-god-can find memariah, mariah, they call the wind mariaheven fasterout here they have a name for rain wind and fire onlywhen you're lost and all alone there ain't no name for lonelyi'm a lost and lonely man without a star to guide memariah, blow my love to me, i need my gal beside memar-i-ah, (mar-i-ah), mariah ! (mariah), they call the wind mar-i-ahmar-i-ah, mariah, mariahthey call the wind mar-i-ah.transcribed by ronald e. hontzronhontz@worldnet.att.net