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The Snow It Melts the Soonest

from Marehalm by Moongazing Hare

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This song is a traditional and has been done by a number of people. My favourite version is sung by Anne Briggs.

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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 bet a croon, he'd be fain to follow it yet

Oh the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing
And the bee that flew in summertime in winter cannot sting
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

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, across the raging main

So never say me farewell here, no farewell I'll receive
You can meet me at the stile, you'll kiss and take your leave
And I'll wait it till the woodcock crows and the martin takes its wing
Since the snow it melts the soonest, when the winds begin to sing

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from Marehalm, released March 13, 2010

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Moongazing Hare Copenhagen, Denmark

I try to keep myself warm, calm, loved and out of harm's way. The music is desperately home made and mostly well-intentioned.

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