"Ill Wind (You're Blowing Me No Good)" — Arlen and Koehler's meteorological curse.
Blow ill wind,
Blow away,
Let me rest today.
Youre blowin me no good,
No good.
Go ill wind,
Go away,
Skies are oh so gray
Around my neighborhood,
And that aint good
Youre only misleadin the sunshine Im needin,
Aint that a shame
Its so hard to keep up with troubles that creep up
From out of nowhere,
When loves to blame.
So ill wind, blow away.
Let me rest today.
Youre blowin me no good.
So, ill wind, blow away,
Please let me rest today.
Youre blowing me no good, no good, no good.
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- Written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler in 1934 for the Cotton Club Parade. The ill wind — blowing no good — extended into a metaphor for the person whose presence makes everything worse. Arlen's blues-inflected melody under Koehler's bilious lyric.