When the wind backs around
To the North in November
Wile geese go a-ganging out to seas
There's snow on the wind
And it's ever been the same
That North wind don't even know my name
That North wind don't even know my name
Long time ago
I had a pretty little girl
She had pretty ways and silver in her tongue
But that winter wind come prowling 'round
That pretty girl did go
She found a man whose house was snug and warm
A man whose house was warm in the wind and snow
When the wind backs around
To the North in November
Wild geese go a-ganging out to sea
There's snow on the wind
And it's ever been the same
That North wind don't even know my name
That North wind don't even know my name
Now the days come 'round
I've got another kind of woman
She's got no teasing eyes
And her tongue is still
And she likes the snowflakes falling
She doesn't mind the rain
She knows what's in her heart like she knows her name
She knows what's in her heart like she knows her name
I'll build her a house
Of the winds of November
Shingled with the sun along the shore
With the wind for her blanket
The rain will be her door
The pine for her pillow and her floor
The pine for her pillow and her floor
A Tune For November is recorded on the album A Tune for November and is also in the songbook Time and the Flying Snow