THE WAYWARD WIND
(Herb Newman / Stanley Lebowsky)

Eddy Arnold - 1962

Also recorded by :
Lynn Anderson; The Bel-Airs; Pat Boone; The Browns; 
Dorsey Burnette; De-Fenders; Dave Dudley; The Everly Brothers; 
Connie Francis; James Galway; Crystal Gayle; Gogi Grant; 
Frank Ifield; Frankie Laine; Lazy Cowgirls; Barbara Mandrell; 
Carl Mann; Mary McCaslin; Willie Mitchell; Katy Moffatt; 
Anne Murray; Carol Noonan; P.J. O'Connell; Tex Ritter; 
Kenny Rogers; Rebecca Evans Russell; Connie Smith; Hank Snow; 
Gene Vincent; Jimmy Wakely; The Waterboys; Johnny Western; 
Slim Whitman; The Wilburn Brothers; Sheb Wooley; Neil Young.


Oh, the wayward wind is a restless wind
A restless wind that yearns to wander
And I was born the next of kin
The next of kin to the wayward wind

In a lonely shack by a railroad track
I spent my younger days
And I guess the sound of the outward bound
Made me a slave to my wand'ring ways

And the wayward wind is a restless wind
A restless wind that yearns to wander
And I was born the next of kin
The next of kin to the wayward wind

Oh I met a girl in a border town
I vowed we'd never part
Tho' I tried my best to settle down
She's now alone with a broken heart

And the wayward wind is a restless wind
A restless wind that yearns to wander
And I was born the next of kin
The next of kin to the wayward wind
The next of kin to the wayward wind 


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THE WAYWARD WIND

Patsy Cline - 1961


(Chorus)
Oh, the wayward wind is a restless wind
A restless wind that yearns to wander
And he was born the next of kin
The next of kin to the wayward wind

In a lonely shack by a railroad track
He spent his younger days
And I guess the sound of the outward bound
Made him a slave to his wand'rin ways

(Repeat Chorus)

Oh, I met him there in a border town
He vowed we'd never part
Tho' he tried his best to settle down
Now I'm alone with a broken heart

(Repeat Chorus)

The next of kin to the wayward wind 


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