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The Snows They Melt The Soonest

from Decade by Ivan Drever

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12. THE SNOWS THEY MELT THE SOONEST

The snows they melt the soonest, when the wind begins to sing
the corn it ripens faster when the frosts are setting in,
and when a woman tells me that my face, she’ll soon forget
before we part, I’ll wage a crown, she’s fain to follow yet.

The snow it melts the soonest when the wind begins to sing
the swallow skims without a thought as soon as it is spring,
but when spring goes and winter blows, my lass and I’ll be fine
for all your pride to follow me across the stormy main.

The snow it melts the soonest when the wind begins to sing
the bee that flew when summer shone in winter cannot sting,
I’ve seen a woman’s anger melt between the night and morn
It’s surely not a harder thing to tame a woman’s scorn.

So never bid 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 it melts the soonest when the wind begins to sing.

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from Decade, released March 7, 2022
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