"The South Wind", (in Gaelic: "An Gaoth Andheas"), also known as "The Martinmass Wind", "The Southern Breeze", "The Southwind" or "The Wind From The South" is an Irish waltz or slow air in 3/4 time and G major. The tune is taken from a song titled "Oh Wind from the South" that was transcribed from the playing of a harper from County Clare in 1792. The song was printed in Edward Bunting’s 1809 Collection of Irish Folk Music. Donal O’Sullivan’s (1893-1973) book, Songs of the Irish, states that the lyrics were originally written in the 1700s, in Gaelic, by Freckled Donal Macnamara (1715–1810) who was homesick for his homeland in County Mayo, Ireland. The text of the song deals with a poet conversing with the wind regarding his longing for his homeland from which he has been banished. There is a story about how the air was learned by the west Clare musicians. The tradition tells about a ghost ship bringing back to Ireland the souls of the Irish exiles, called Wild Geese, and mercenaries who had been killed in battle in foreign wars. As the vessel continued around southwest Cork it was driven up the west coast by a southern breeze and the ghosts of the expatriates could be heard singing this tune, which was picked up by musicians on the coast of Clare who witnessed the event. The lyrics given here are, first, the original Irish Gaelic, second, a literal translation and, third, a more lyrical, rhyming translation. It was printed in O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1850), Brody's The Fiddler's Fakebook, Cobb's Music of Ireland and Mallinson's 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. It was recorded by The Chieftains on Water from the Well, In China and The Chieftans 3, Archie Fisher on The Man with a Rhyme, Mick Maloney on We Have Met Together and The Green Fields of America on Live in Concert.