The snows they melt the soonest when the wind begins to sing
The corn it ripens fastest when the frosts are settling in
And when a young man tells me that my face he'll soon forget
Before we part I'll wage a crown he's fain 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 then you'll be fain
For all your 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 young man's anger melt between the night and morn
So it's surely not a harder thing to melt a young man's scorn

So don't you bid me farewell here, no farewell I'll receive
For you will lie with me my love, and kiss then 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 begins to sing

The snows they melt the soonest when the wind begins to sing
The corn it ripens fastest when the frosts are settling in
And when a young man tells me that my face he'll soon forget
Before we part I'll wage a crown he's fain to follow yet

And the snows they melt the soonest when the wind begins to sing