Snows They Melt The Soonest

The snows they melt the soonest when the winds begin to sing

And the corn it ripens fastest when the frost is settling in

And when a woman tells me that my face she'll soon forget

Before we part I'll wage a croun she's fain to follow it yet

The snows they melt the soonest when the winds begin to sing

And the bee that flew when summer shone in winter cannot sting

And I've seen a woman's anger melt betwixt the night and morn

So it's surely not a harder thing to melt a woman's scorn

The snows they melt the soonest when the winds begin to sing

And the swallow flies without a thought as long as it is spring

But when spring goes and winter blows, my love, then you'll be fain

For all your pride to follow me across the raging main

So don't you bid me farewell here, no farewell I'll receive

For you will lie with me, my love, then kiss and take your leave

And I'll wait here till the moorcock calls and the marten takes the wing

For the snows they melt the soonest when the winds begin to sing