The wind, the wind, the wind blows high
and the snow comes falling fae the sky
Jimmy MacPherson says she'll die for the want of the golden city.
She is handsome, she is pretty
she is the girl of the windy city
she has lovers one two three, come and tell me who will be.
Johnny (Marsden?) Says he loves her, all the boys are falling for her
Jimmy MacPherson says she'll die if she doesn't get the fella with the roving eye
She is handsome, she is pretty
she is the girl of the windy city
she has lovers one two three, come and tell me who will be.
When she gets a lad of her own, she won't tell her ma till she comes home
let them all come as they will for it's Johnny (Marsden?) She loves still
She is handsome, she is pretty
she is the girl of the windy city
she has lovers one two three, come and tell me who will be.
(musical interlude)
She is handsome, she is pretty
she is the girl of the windy city
she has lovers one two three, come and tell me who will be.
There is a maid lives on the mountain, who she is I do not know.
All she wants is gold and silver, all she wants is a handsome (?)
Call on the one you love, the one you love, the one you love
Call on the one you love, and tell me who will be-oh!
Call on the one you love, the one you love, the one you love
Call on the one you love, and tell me who will be-oh!
One two three O'Leary, four five six O'Leary
Seven eight nine O'Leary, ten O'Leary over ball!
One two three O'Leary, ah saw Wallace Beery
sittin' on his bum-bereeny kissing Shirley Temple.
One two three O'Leary, four five six O'Leary
Seven eight nine O'Leary, ten O'Leary over ball!
Ah'm no going tae Barry's trip, ah'm no gonnae gae
Ah'm no going tae Barry's trip, (?)
Ah'm no going tae Barry's trip, ah'm no going at a'
Ah'm no going tae Barry's trip, (?)
Ah'm no going tae Barry's trip, ah'm no gonnae gae
Ah'm no going tae Barry's trip, (?)
(She is handsome, she is pretty, she is the girl of the windy city,
she has lovers one two three, come and tell me who will be)