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|f_annotation='''SNOW THAT MELTS THE SOONEST, THE.''' AKA and see "[[January Snows]]," "Snows (The)." English, Air . Collector John Stokoe noted: <span>"This melody was picked up from a street singer in Newcastle, by Mr Thomas Doubleday and inserted in a contribution to 'Blackwood's Magazine' in 1821. He presumably was the author of the ballad"<ref> John Stoke, '''Songs of Northern England''', 1893.</ref>. The words printed in '''Blackwoods''' go:</span> | |f_annotation='''SNOW THAT MELTS THE SOONEST, THE.''' AKA and see "[[January Snows]]," "Snows (The)." English, Air . Collector John Stokoe noted: <span>"This melody was picked up from a street singer in Newcastle, by Mr Thomas Doubleday and inserted in a contribution to 'Blackwood's Magazine' in 1821. He presumably was the author of the ballad."<ref> John Stoke, '''Songs of Northern England''', 1893.</ref>. <span>The 'contribution' was article called "Letter from Mr. Shufflebotham: On Cheese, Civilization, North Country Ballads, &c" (pp. 443-446).</span> The words printed in '''Blackwoods''' go:</span> | ||
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:: <span>Josiah Shufflebotham,</span><span>Gowk's-Hall, Oct. 27th, 1821 (</span><span>aka Mr. Thomas Doubleday)</span><br /> | :: <span>Josiah Shufflebotham,</span><span>Gowk's-Hall, Oct. 27th, 1821 (</span><span>aka Mr. Thomas Doubleday)</span><br /> | ||
|f_printed_sources=John Stokoe ('''Songs of Northern England'''), 1893; | |f_printed_sources=John Stokoe ('''Songs of Northern England'''), 1893; | ||
|f_recorded_sources=<span> | |f_recorded_sources=<span><span>Green Linnet <span>GLCD 1205, Susan McKeown - "Lowlands" (2000).</span>Outlet CM 009,</span> Horslips – “Drive the Cold Winter Away" (1975). Dick Gaugh<span>12T207</span>in - "Handful of Earth".Pentagle - "Solomon's Seal" (appears as "The Snows"). The Longest Johns - "Christmas at Sea." Topic Records<span>12T207,</span>Anne Briggs - "Anne Briggs" (1971).</span> | ||
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SNOW THAT MELTS THE SOONEST, THE. AKA and see "January Snows," "Snows (The)." English, Air . Collector John Stokoe noted: "This melody was picked up from a street singer in Newcastle, by Mr Thomas Doubleday and inserted in a contribution to 'Blackwood's Magazine' in 1821. He presumably was the author of the ballad."[1]. The 'contribution' was article called "Letter from Mr. Shufflebotham: On Cheese, Civilization, North Country Ballads, &c" (pp. 443-446). The words printed in Blackwoods go:
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- O, 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 wad a crown, she’s fain to follow’t yet.
- 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 lass, an ye’ll be fain,
- For all your pride, to follow me, were’t cross the stormy main.
- O, the snow it melts the soonest when the wind begins to sing;
- The bee that flew when summer shined, 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.
- O, never say me farewell here -no farewell I’ll receive,
- For you shall set me to the stile, and kiss and take your leave;
- But I’ll stay here till the woodcock comes, and the martlet takes his wing,
- Since the snow aye melts the soonest, lass, when the wind begins to sing.
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- Josiah Shufflebotham,Gowk's-Hall, Oct. 27th, 1821 (aka Mr. Thomas Doubleday)
- O, the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing;
- ↑ John Stoke, Songs of Northern England, 1893.