Way out here they have a name for wind and rain and fire
The rain is Tess , the fire’s Joe, and they call the wind Mariah
Mariah blows the stars around, sets the clouds a’flyin
Mariah makes the mountains sound like folks were up their dying
Mar-i-ah, (Mar-i-ah), Mariah ! (Mariah), they call
the wind Mar-i-ah
Mar-i-ah, Mariah, Mariah
They call the wind Mar-i-ah.
Before I know Mariah's name and heard her wail and whinning
I had a girl and she had me the sun was always shinning
But then one day I left my girl I left her behind me
and now I'm lost so Gol darn lost not even God can find me Chorus
Out here they got a name for rain for wind and fire only
When you’re lost and all alone there ain’t no name for lonely
I’m a lost and lonely man without a star to guide me
Mariah, blow my love to me, I need my gal beside me Chorus
From the Kingston Trio's 1959 LP "From the Hungry"
