The Snow It Melts The Soonest

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

And the corn it ripens fastest when the frosts are setting in

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

Before we part, I'd better croon, he'd be fain to follow it yet

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

And the swallow skims without a thought as long as it is Spring

But when Spring blows and Winter goes my lad and you'd be fain

With all your pride for to follow me, were it 'cross the stormy main

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

And the bee that flew when Summer shone in Winter he won't sing

And all the flowers in all the land so brightly there they be

And the snow it melts the soonest when my true love's there for me

So never say me farewell here, no farewell I'll receive

You can meet me at the stile, you kiss and take your leave

And I'll wait it till the woodcock crows or the martin takes its leave

Since the snow it melts the soonest, when the winds begin to sing