From the recording Beyond the Ash and Steel
Lyrics
The Snows They Melt the Soonest -Traditional
The snows they melts the soonest
when the wind begins to sing
And
the corn it ripens fastest
when the frosts has settled in
And when a lover tells me that my face
he'll soon forget
Before we part I'll wage a crown he's fain to follow it yet
The snows they melt the soonest
when the wind begins to sing
And the swallow flies without a care
as long as it is spring
But when spring goes and winter blows
my love then you'll be fain
For all your pride to follow me
across the wintry main
The snows they melt the soonest
when the wind begins to sing
And the bee that flew
when summer shone in winter cannot sting
And I've seen a lover’s anger melt between the night and morn
So surely’s not a harder thing
to melt a lover's scorn
So don't you bid me farewell here
no farewell I'll receive
For you will lie with me, my love,
then kiss and take your leave
And I'll wait here till the moorcock calls
and the martin takes the wing
For the snows they melt the soonest when the wind begin to sing
When the wind begins to sing