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Thread #85089   Message #1574283
Posted By: Joe Offer
02-Oct-05 - 06:02 PM
Thread Name: Chord Req: Western Wind (from The Limeliters)
Subject: Lyr Add: Western Wind (from The Limeliters)
For the record, here are the lyrics of the Limeliters version.

WESTERN WIND
(Gottlieb/Reynolds)

Western wind, when wilt thou blow
The small rain down can rain?
O if my love were in my arms,
And I in my bed again!

East wind over a foreign place,
Out of an alien sky;
This is the road she chose to go,
When she kissed her love goodbye,
With the west wind blowing by.

Western wind, when wilt thou blow
The small rain down can rain?
O if my love were in my arms,
And I in my bed again!

Now once more on the highest hill,
She stood to see his face.
But when she turned, the west wind came,
And made her steps retrace.
And said this is your place.

Western wind, when wilt thou blow
The small rain down can rain?
O if my love were in my arms,
And I in my bed again!

Far lands beckon so strange and fair,
They call her youth away,
But when the eastern wind blows cold,
And alien skies are grey,
She dreams of a younger day.

Western wind, when wilt thou blow
The small rain down can rain?
O if my love were in my arms,
And I in my bed again!

O if my love were in my arms,
And I in my bed again!

transcribed by ear from from The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters

The album attributes the song to "Gottlieb/Reynolds," but at least part of the song is traditional.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3mlKIbEZgY

A very similar version of "Western Wind" was found at this URL: (click).