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Thread #167182   Message #4028958
Posted By: Joe Offer
18-Jan-20 - 03:34 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords: Winds of Morning (Makem)
Subject: ADD: Winds of Morning (Tommy Makem)
Hi, Dave -

Here are the lyrics and chords from The Irish Songbook, by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (Oak Publications, 1979), page 122-123 .

WINDS OF MORNING
(Tommy Makem, 1966)

I've walked the hills when rain was falling,
Rested by a wide oak tree,
Heard a lark sing high at evening,
Caught a moonbeam on the sea.

CHORUS
Softly blow ye winds of morning;
Sing, ye winds, your mournful sound.
Blow ye from the earth's four corners;
Guide this trav'ler where he's bound.

By foreign shores my feet have wandered,
Heard a stranger call me friend;
Every time my mind was troubled,
Found a smile around the bend.

CHORUS

I've helped a ploughman tend his horses,
Heard a rippling river sing,
Talked to stars when night was falling,
Seen a primrose welcome spring.

CHORUS

There's a ship stands in the harbour,
All prepared to cross the foam;
Far off hills were fair and friendly,
Still there's fairer hills at home.

CHORUS

first recording was 1967
Notes: This was written by Tommy Makem on the New York subway, which always inspires him to make songs about mountains and sea and sweet, clean air.

©1966, 1969 by Tiparm Music Publishers

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