The Wind, The Wind

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The Wind, The Wind (four versions) 

a. Sung by Peggy MacGillivray:

The wind, the wind, the wind blows high,
The snow comes falling from the sky,
Margaret Thomson says she'll die
For the want of the Golden City.
She is handsome, she is pretty,
She is the girl of the Golden City,
She is handsome, one two three,
Come and tell me who shall be.

 

b.  Sung by Norton Park schoolchildren:

The wind, the wind, the wind blows high,
The snow comes falling from the sky.
Christine Halloway says she'll die
For the want of the Golden City.
She is handsome, she is pretty,
She is the girl of the Golden City.
She is handsome, one two three,
Come and tell me who shall be.

Spoken: One. Two. Three. Alan Hartley!

Sung:

A is his first name, his first name, his first name,
A is his first name — ee-eye-o, sir.

Etc. as above:

H is his second name.
Alan Hartley is his name.
Now's the time to hide your face.
Now's the time to show your face.
Now's the time to choose the one.

 

c.  Sung by Cedar Place children:

The wind, the wind, the wind blows high.
The rain comes dashing from the sky.
[Suzie and] Norma, she must die
For her lover's in the golden sky.
She is handsome, she is pretty,
She is the girl of the golden city.
She has lovers, one, two, three.
Pray and tell [me / now] who they be.

 

d. Sung by Cedar Place children:

The wind, the wind, the wind blows high.
The rain comes dashing from the sky.
[Suzie and] Norma, she must die
For her lover's in the golden sky? *
She is handsome, she is pretty,
She is the girl of the golden city.
She has lovers, one, two, three.
Pray and tell [me / now] who they be.

A version performed by the Irish folk group The Dubliners under the title "I'll Tell My Maw" became commercially popular in Britain in the 1960s, but this courting game song was popular with children in Britain and the USA over 100 years ago. The Norton Park school childrens' version (b.) includes a second game part, with instructions on actions to the tune "The Merry Matanzie." James T. Ritchie derived the title of his second book, Golden City, from this song. The name is a biblical reference. In more than one Scottish town, an area where Roman Catholic residents predominated was termed the Golden City. Opie's The Singing Game #22.

*There seem to be proportionately more references to dead lovers in the songs on this CD than in other collections. Does this relate to the date of collection, just six years after the end of World War II?

 


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