Away out here they’ve got a name, for rain and wind and fire,
The rain is Tess, the fire’s Joe, and they call the wind Mariah.
Mariah blows the stars around, and sets the clouds a-flyin’,
Mariah makes the mountains sound like folks were up there dying.
Mariah! Mariah! They call the wind Mariah.
Before I knew Mariah’s name and heard her wail and whinin,
I had a girl and she had me, and the sun was always shinin’.
But then one day I left my girl, I left her far behind me
And now I’m lost so gol dern lost, not even God can find me.
Mariah! Mariah! They call the wind Mariah.
Up here they got a name for rain for wind and fire only,
But when you’re lost and all alone, there ain’t no word but lonely.
And I’m a lost and lonely man, without a star to guide me,
Mariah blow my love to me, I need my girl beside me.
Mariah! Mariah! They call the wind Mariah.
Mariah! Mariah! They call the wind Mariah.
1951 – Alan J. Lerner and Frederick Loewe – From the Broadway musical “Paint Your Wagon” –
Performed by Harve Presnell from the motion picture adaptation – Album: Paint Your Wagon