Joe Offer gave the lyrics from 1966 earlier in the thread:

A COLD WIND BLOWS / An Old Wind Blows
(words and music by Alasdair Clayre)

There's a cold wind blows you cannot see,
It shakes the thin leaves from the tree,
Blows the small birds singing away to the South
It drives black dust in a young girl's smiling mouth.

There's a strong wind blows you will not hold,
Brings you pleasure, lets your body turn cold,
Lets a child's hair grow, slowly sends it grey,
Makes you laugh and sing before it lifts your voice away.

That wind was blowing before the breath of man,
Straying on the water when the world began;
Takes each young body to play its slow tune on,
That wind will be blowing when we and our love are gone.


©Albemarle Music, 1966 (UK)
Nina Music (USA & Canada)

from New English Broadsides, page 72
Oak Publications, 1967

The single change in the 1968 version, published in '100 Folk Songs and New Songs' was 'moving' for 'blowing' in the final verse.

The Version from the 'Adam And The Beasts' (1978) album goes;

An Old Wind Blows

There's an old wind blows you cannot see,
It shakes the thin leaves from the tree,
Blows a small bird singing away to the South,
It drives black dust in a young girl's smiling mouth.

There's a strong wind blows, you will not hold,
Brings you pleasure lets your body turn cold,
Grows a young child's hair dark and gold and grey,
Lets you laugh and sing before it lifts your voice away.

That wind was moving before the breath of man
Straying on the water when the world began
Takes each young body to play its slow tune on.
That wind will be blowing when our love and we are gone.

One of the reasons I like this song is the vivid imagery conjured up with an economy of words. It's interesting to see how Alasdair Clayre honed the lyrics over a period of twelve years.

Joe