The Snow It Melts The Soonest Lyrics

The snow it melts the soonest when the wind begins to sing

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

And when a young man tells me that my face he'll soon forget

Before we part I'll wage a crown he's fain to follow yet

The wind it melts the soonest when the wind begins to sing

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

But when spring goes and winter blows, your love you'll soon be fain

With all your pride to follow me across the raging main

The snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing

The bee that flew when summer shone, in winter cannot sting

I've seen a woman's anger melt between night and morn

And it's surely not a harder thing to gain a woman's scorn

Oh never say me fare the well here, no farewell I'll receive

For you shall take me to the stile, I'll kiss and take your leave

But I'll stay here until the woodcock comes and the Martin takes his wing

Since the snow it melts the soonest when the wind begins to sing