Released: October 21, 2009
Songwriter: Traditional
Producer: Robert Sadin
[Chorus]
Oh, the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing
[Verse 1]
And the corn it ripens fastest when the frost is settling in
And when a woman tells me my face she'll soon forget
Before we'll part, I'll wage a croon, she's fain to follow it yet
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
And the swallow skims without a thought as long as it is spring
But when spring goes, and winter blows, my lassie you'll be fain
For all your pride, to follow me across the stormy main
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
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
Oh, it's surely not a harder thing to tame a woman's scorn
[Bridge]
Oh, never say me farewell here, no farewell I'll receive
And you shall set me to the stile and kiss and take your leave
I'll stay until the curlew calls and the martlet takes his wing
[Chorus]
Oh, the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing
[Verse 1]
And the corn it ripens fastest when the frost is settling in
And when a woman tells me my face she'll soon forget
Before we'll part, I'll wage a croon, she's fain to follow it yet
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
And the swallow skims without a thought as long as it is spring
But when spring goes, and winter blows, my lassie you'll be fain
For all your pride, to follow me across the stormy main
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
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
Oh, it's surely not a harder thing to tame a woman's scorn
[Bridge]
Oh, never say me farewell here, no farewell I'll receive
And you shall set me to the stile and kiss and take your leave
I'll stay until the curlew calls and the martlet takes his wing
[Chorus]
more tracks from the album
If on a Winter’s Night...
- The Hounds of Winter
- Bethlehem Down
- The Coventry Carol
- You Only Cross My Mind in Winter
- Hurdy Gurdy Man
- Lullaby for an Anxious Child
- Cherry Tree Carol
- Balulalow
- Now Winter Comes Slowly
- The Burning Babe
- Cold Song
- Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
- Christmas at Sea
- The Snow It Melts the Soonest
- There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
- Soul Cake
- Gabriel’s Message
- Blake’s Cradle Song
From the album
- If on a Winter’s Night... (2009)
Sting popular songs
- Shape of My Heart
- Englishman in New York
- Desert Rose
- Fields of Gold
- Fragile
- Russians
- It’s Probably Me
- If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
- Brand New Day
- Seven Days
- Mad About You
- A Thousand Years
- Soul Cake
- I Can’t Stop Thinking About You
- If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
- All This Time
- When We Dance
- If It’s Love
- The Last Ship
- Fortress Around Your Heart
- Children’s Crusade
- Moon Over Bourbon Street
- Synchronicity I
- Giacomo’s Blues