The Snows They Melt the Soonest

[Verse] O, 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 woman tells me that my face she'll soon forget, Before we part, I wad a crown, she's fain to follow't yet. [beat] [Verse] The snow it melts the soonest when the wind begins to sing; And the swallow skims without a thought as long as it is spring; But when spring goes, and winter blows, my lass, an ye'll be fain, For all your pride, to follow me, were't cross the stormy main. [Beat] [Verse] O, the snow it melts the soonest when the wind begins to sing; The bee that flew when summer shined, in winter cannot sting; I've seen a woman's anger melt between the night and morn, And it's surely not a harder thing to tame a woman's scorn. [Beat] [Verse] O, never say me farewell here -no farewell I'll receive, For you shall set me to the stile, and kiss and take your leave; But I'll stay here till the woodcock comes, and the martlet takes his wing, Since the snow aye melts the soonest, lass, when the wind begins to sing. I've seen a woman's anger melt between the night and morn, And it's surely not a harder thing to tame a woman's scorn. [Beat] [Verse] O, never say me farewell here -no farewell I'll receive, For you shall set me to the stile, and kiss and take your leave; But I'll stay here till the woodcock comes, and the martlet takes his wing, Since the snow aye melts the soonest, lass, when the wind begins to sing. [End]