Name: The Snow it Melts the Soonest
Duration: P00H02M47S
Description: “(Roud 3154) This haunting old song was published in Blackwood's magazine in 1821. It was written by radical Thomas Doubleday, who used the pseudonym of 'Mr Shufflebotham', and the melody, 'My Love is Newly Listed', was collected from a Newcastle street singer. The reference to snows and frosts made it irresistible...

The Snow it Melts the Soonest

from Bride of the Wintertide by Rowan Morrison

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“(Roud 3154) This haunting old song was published in Blackwood's magazine in 1821. It was written by radical Thomas Doubleday, who used the pseudonym of 'Mr Shufflebotham', and the melody, 'My Love is Newly Listed', was collected from a Newcastle street singer. The reference to snows and frosts made it irresistible...

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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 crown, he'd be fain to follow it 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 blows and Winter goes, my lad then you'd be fain,
With all your pride for to follow me where it crossed 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 he won't 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 for me

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

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from Bride of the Wintertide, released December 10, 2021
Sung by Angeline Morrison.
Trad arranged by Angeline Morrison.
Produced by Angeline Morrison with Stephen Stannard.
Mixed by Stephen Stannard.

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Rowan Morrison England, UK

Rowan : Morrison are the musical twixting of The Rowan Amber Mill and Angeline Morrison. Angeline has released music as We Are Muffy (Tapete Records), The Mighty Sceptres (Ubiquity Records), The Ambassadors of Sorrow, and solo (Freestyle Records).
The Rowan Amber Mill releases music under their own name and under the guise of Making Tea for Robots (both on the MillerSounds label). ... more

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