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The Snow It Melts The Soonest

from Lowlands by Joe Callwood

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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 woman tells me that 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 grows, my loss and you'll be fain,
For all your pride you'll follow my across the stormy main.

Oh the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing,
The bee that flew when Summer shone, in Winter cannot sting,
I've seen a woman's anger melt between the night and morn
And it's surely not a harder thing to tame a woman's scorn.

Oh never say me farewell here, no farewell I'll receive,
For you shall take me to the stile, I'll kiss and take your leave,
But I'll stay here 'til the woodcock comes and the matler takes his wing
Since the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing.

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from Lowlands, released March 20, 2020

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Joe Callwood Te Horo, New Zealand

Joe Callwood is a guitarist and composer, from Aotearoa, New Zealand.

His broad interests have seen him play everything from Blues/Psych Rock/ Jazz/World Music to Improvised Music/Film Soundtracks/Multi media projects.

Joe’s compositions draw on his background in Jazz, as well as his love of traditional music from Africa, India, Latin America, and his upbringing in the British folk tradition.
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