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Version 1[Intro] D A D [Verse 1] D A D It was on one cold wintry night, D E A When the wind blew across the wild moor D A when Mary came wandering D G home with her child, D A D till she came to her own father's door. [Verse 2] D A D Father, dear Father she cried. D E A Come down and open the door, D A or the child in my arms D G will perish and die, D A D from the winds that blow across the wild moor. [Verse 3] D A D Why did I leave this fair spot D E A Where oncet I was happy and free D A I am now doomed to roam D G Without friends or a home D A D And no one to take pity on me [Interlode] D A D [Verse 4] D A D But her father was deaf to her cry, D E A not a sound of her voice did he hear, D A so the watch dog did howl, D G and the village bells tolled D A D and the winds blew across the wild moor. [Verse 5] D A D Oh how the old man must have felt, D E A as he came to the door the next morn, D A and he found Mary dead D G but the child still alive, D A D closely grasping his stiff mother's arm. [Verse 6] D A D In anguish he tore his grey hair D E A And the tears down his cheeks they did pour D A When he saw how that night D G She had perished and died D A D From the windS that blew across the wild moor [Interlude] D A D [Verse 7] D A D In grief the old man pined away, D E A and the child to his mother went soon. D A And no one they say D G Has lived there to this day, D A D And the cottage to ruin has gone. [Verse 8] D A D But the villagers point out the spot, D E A where the willows grew over the door. D A Saying there Mary died, D G once the gay village bride, D A D from the wind that blew across the wild moor.