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Misattributed in the liner notes as a Chinese spiritual, “Cold Blows the Wind” is a re-interpretation of The Unquiet Grave, an old English folk song, collected by Francis James Child in 1868 as “Child Ballad number 78”, which details a young man mourning his dead love, preventing her from obtaining...
[Verse 1]
Cold blows the wind over my true love
Cold blows the drops of rain
I never had but one true love
And in Camville he was slain
I'll do as much for my true love
As any young girl may
I'll sit and weep down by his grave
For twelve month and one day
[Verse 2]
But when twelve months were come and gone
This young man he arose
What makes you weep down by my grave
I can't take my repose
One kiss, one kiss of your lily white lips
One kiss is all I crave
One kiss, one kiss of your lily white lips
And return back to your grave
[Verse 3]
My lips they are as cold as my clay
My breath is heavy and strong
If thou was to kiss my lily white lips
Thy days would not be long
Oh don't you remember the garden grove
Where we used to walk
Pluck the finest flower of them all
Twill wither to a stalk
[Verse 4]
Go fetch me a nut from my dungeon deep
And water from a stone
And white milk from a maiden's breast
That baby never known
Go dig me a grave both long wide and deep
As quickly as you may
I'll lie down in it and take one sleep
For twelve month and one day
[Verse 1 reprise]
Cold blows the wind over my true love
Cold blows the drops of rain
I never had but one true love
And in Camville he was slain
I'll do as much for my true love
As any young girl may
I'll sit and weep down by his grave
For twelve months and one day
Cold Blows the Wind was produced by Andrew Weiss.
Ween released Cold Blows the Wind on Tue Jun 24 1997.
Aaron had this songbook of 17th century folk songs. The first night we did “Cold Blows The Wind.” Neither of us had ever heard that song, so we didn’t know how it went. We looked at the words, and made up our own chords and tempos. If any one song defines that record, it’s that song, and we did it o...