Western Wind
Lou Gottleib, English Traditional· Songs Well-Known in America · p.358
Intro: Em Am Em (then start with chorus)
Chorus:
Am Em D Em
Western wind, when willt thou blow,
Em D G B7
The small rain down can rain,
Em D Am G
Oh, if my love were in my arms,
Am D Em D C
And I, in my bed again
Em D C D C D G
East wind, over a foreign plain, out of an alien sky,
Now once more on the highest hill, she stood to see his face,
Far lands beckon, so strange and fair, they call a youth a-way,
Am D Am D Am D G
This is the road she chose to go, when she kissed her love goodbye,
But when she turned, the west wind came, and made her steps re-trace,
But when the eastern wind blows cold and alien skies are grey,
G C D Em
With the west wind blowing wild.
And said this is your place.
She dreams of a younger day.
Chorus again, and repeat the last two lines of the chorus.
(Last repeated chorus line ends with Em D Em instead of Em D C)
*Recorded by the Limeliters on the LP “The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters” Some lyrics confirmed by an email
exchange with Ernie Sheldon of “The Limeliters”. Based on Westron Wynde from the early 16th century.