The Snows They Melt The Soonest lyrics

The snows, they melt the soonest when the wind begins to sing The corn, it ripens fastest when the frosts are settlin' in And when a lover tells me that my face she'll soon forget Before we part, I'll wage a crown she's bound to follow yet The snows, they melt the soonest when the wind begins to sing The swallow flies without a thought as long as it is spring But when spring goes and winter blows, my love, she will be fain For all her pride to follow me across the raging main The snows, they melt the soonest when the wind begins to sing The bee that flew when summer shone, in winter cannot sting I've seen a lover's anger melt between the night and the morn But it's surely not a harder thing to melt a woman's scorn So don't you bid me farewell, no farewell I'll receive For you will lie with me, my love, then kiss and take your leave I'll wait here 'til the moorcock calls, and the martin takes the wing For the snows, they melt the soonest when the winds begin to sing The snows, they melt the soonest when the winds begin to sing The corn, it ripens fastest when the frosts are settlin' in And when a lover tells me that my face she'll soon forget Before we part, I'll wage a crown she's bound to follow yet