THEY CALL THE WIND MARIA
From the Musical "Paint Your Wagon"
(Frederick Loewe / Alan Jay Lerner)

Recorded by: Ed Ames; Brent Barrett; Art Blakey; Jim Ed Brown;
The Browns; Bud & Travis; Sam Cooke; Vic Damone; Richard Hayman;
Tom Hazleton; The Kingston Trio; London Philharmonic Orch.;
London Theatre Orch.; Sean McDermott; Vaughn Monroe; 
Daniel Narducci; National Theatre Singers & Orch.; Byron Nease;
101 Strings Orch.; P.J. Proby; Ron Raines; John Raitt;
Pernell Roberts; Zoot Sims; Rufus Smith; The Starlite Orch.;
Starsound Orch.; John Stewart; Bryn Terfel.


Maria
Maria
They call the wind Maria

Away out here they gotta name
For rain and wind and fire
The rain is Tess, the fire's Joe
And they call the wind Maria

Maria blows the stars around
And sends the clouds a-flyin
Maria makes the mountains sound
Like folks were up there dyin'

Maria
Maria
They call the wind Maria

Before I knew Maria's name
I heard her wail and whining
I had a girl and she had me
And the sun was always shining

But then one day I left my girl
I left her far behind me
And now I'm lost, so gol-durned lost
Not even God can find me

Maria
Maria
They call the wind Maria

Out here they gotta name for rain
For wind and fire only
But when you're lost and all alone
There ain't no word but lonely

And I'm a lost and lonely man
Without a star to guide me
Maria, blow my love to me
I need my girl beside me

Maria
Maria
They call the wind Maria

Maria
Maria
Blow my love to me


(Contributed by Shay Griffiths - May 2002)
(Corrections by cquast - August 2005)