Sting - The Snow It Melts the Soonest lyrics

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 woman tells me my face she'll soon forget Before we part I want to croon, she's fain to follow yet Oh, the snow it melts the soonest when the wind begins to sing And the swallow skims without a thought as long as it is spring But when spring goes and winter blows, my la**ie, you'll be fain For all your pride to follow me across the stormy main Oh, the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing And the bee that flew when summer shone in winter cannot sting I've seen a woman's anger melt betwixt the night and morn It's surely not a harder thing to tame a woman's scorn Oh, never say me farewell here, no farewell I'll receive And you shall take me to the stile and kiss and take your leave I'll stay until the curlew calls and the martlet takes his wing Oh, the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing