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