From the musical “Paint Your Wagon”, 1951
Words by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Away out here they got a name
For rain, and wind, and fire
The rain is Tess, the fire’s Jo
And they call the wind Maria
Maria blows the stars around
And sends the clouds a-flyin’
Maria makes the mountains sound
Like folks were up there dyin’
Mariah! Mariah!
They call the wind Mariah
2. Before I knew Maria’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-darn lost
Not even God can find me
Maria, Maria
They call the wind Maria
3. Out 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
Maria, blow my love to me
I need my girl beside me
Maria, Maria
They call the wind Maria
Maria, Maria
Blow my love to me
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein
Guitar by Steve Rubenstein: