Which Songs Mention North Wind In Their Lyrics?

I've always loved how a simple natural image—like a north wind—can reappear across songs from lullabies to metal anthems, and I like to treat lyrics like little weather maps that tell stories. One of the clearest, oldest examples is the traditional English folk rhyme 'The North Wind Doth Blow' (you’ve probably sung a version of it as a kid or heard it arranged on a folk album). That song literally uses the phrase and paints the scene: the north wind, cold weather, and the coming snow. From there the image branches out: in folk and sea-shanty traditions the ‘north wind’ often signals hardship or a voyage, while in country and blues it becomes shorthand for coldness, change, or a lover gone away.

If you want contemporary examples, the tricky bit is that artists sometimes swap phrasing—'north wind', 'north winds', 'the winds from the north'—so searches need to be flexible. I often use Genius or Musixmatch with quotes around "north wind" and then try variations like "north winds" or "wind from the north". You’ll find that besides explicit mentions, many songs evoke the same idea without using the exact words: lines like "the wind is coming from the north" or poetic variants. Genres where the phrase shows up a lot are folk, Americana, traditional country, maritime songs, and occasionally rock/metal that leans on mythic nature imagery. I’ve seen it pop up in older folk revival recordings, in some bluegrass lyrics, and in a handful of modern indie-folk tracks that lean on pastoral language.

If you want a ready-made, verified list I can put together, I’ll run a lyric check and return exact lines and timestamps. Or, if you’re trying to find music that uses the image rather than the exact phrase, tell me what vibe you want—lullaby, melancholic country, stormy rock—and I’ll pick songs that capture that northern wind feeling. I love digging through lyric sites and dusty record notes for this kind of thing, so I’m happy to keep hunting if you want more specifics.

I love short hunts like this—finding a phrase that threads through different songs is cozy and oddly poetic. The clearest and safest example I can point to that literally contains the phrase is the traditional folk song 'The North Wind Doth Blow'. That one exists in many versions and is the classic nursery/folk use of the phrase: straightforward, seasonal, and tied to snow and cold.

Beyond that, the phrase often appears in genres that favor elemental imagery—folk, maritime songs, country, and some rock or metal that uses nature metaphors. If your goal is to catalogue every song that says "north wind" exactly, the fastest route is a lyric-site search (use quoted searches for exact matches, then broaden to plural and paraphrase variations). If you want, tell me whether you want old traditional recordings, modern covers, or specific genres and I’ll narrow it down for you. I can also pull exact lyric lines and links if that helps.