3/4 time
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Was on a cold winter's night
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And the wind blew across the wild moor
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As poor Mary came wandering home with her child
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Till she came to her own father's door
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Oh father dear father she cried
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Come down and open the door
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Or this child in my arms will perish and die
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From the winds that blow across the wild moor
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Her father was deaf to her cry
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Not a sound of her voice did he hear
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For the watch dogs did howl and the village bells tolled
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And the winds blew across the wild moor
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Oh how the old man must have felt
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When he came to the door the next morn'
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And found Mary dead but the child still alive
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Closely clasped in it's dead mother's arms
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In anguish he tore his gray hair
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While the tears down his cheeks they did pour
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Then he saw that Mary died the gay village bride
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From the winds that blow across the wild moor
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But the villagers point out the spot
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Where the willows weep over the door
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Saying there Mary died once the gay village bride
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From the winds that blow across the wild moor