It was on one cold winter night
When the wind blew across the wild moor
When Mary came wand'ring home with her child
Till she came to her own father's door.
Father, dear father, she cried,
Come down and open the door
Or the child in my arms will perish and die
From the winds that blow across the wild moor.

But her father was deaf to her cry
Not a sound of her voice did he hear
So the watch dog did howl and the village bells tolled
And the wind blew across the wild moor.

Oh, how the old man must have felt
When he came to the door the next morn'
And he found Mary dead, but the child still alive
Closly grasping his dead mother's arms.

In grief the old man passed away,
And the child, to it's mother, went soon
And no one they say, lives there to this day
And the cottage to ruin has gone.

But the villagers point out the spot
Where the willows grew over the door
Sayin' there Mary died, once the gay village bride
From the winds that blew across the wild moor.

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