When the Snows of Winter Fall by Graeme Miles
As with so many of Graeme Miles’s songs, they are of that moment in time and this song’s moment in time is the December month when the Snows of Winter Fall. But there is hope of the sunshine and cuckoo to guide us from the snows. It is always a joy to sing Graeme’s songs, they always bring back memories of times when both Danni and I shared life with him. Martyn
When the Snows of Winter Fall by Graeme Miles
My yard is high with wood now my cellar deep with coal
My windows are well battened I have sealed each crack and hole
When the storms and winds come raging I will not be touched at all
For I’ll be well protected when the snows of winter fall
When the snows of winter fall.
My sheep still wander freely upon the lonely fell
In the field my horses grazing my cattle feed as well
But come the bleak December with it’s rain and sleet and squall
They’ll be safely penned and stabled when the snows of winter fall
When the snows of winter fall.
I look out of my window to the trees on yonder rise
Soon the leaves will turn to yellow as the summer fades and dies
I’ll put on my coat of leather and my love will don her shawl
How close we’ll draw together when the snows of winter fall
When the snows of winter fall.
Through the bitter cold and darkness our hopes we will keep high
For we know the warmth of summer will come back by and by
We will walk out in the sunshine wearing neither coat nor shawl
And together we will listen just to hear the cuckoo call
Just hear the cuckoo call.
I am not a man of riches I have little that is new
Some livestock and some chattels that amount to very few
But my love is here beside me I want nothing more at all
She will give her love and comfort when the snows of winter fall
When the snows of winter fall.
My yard is high with wood now my cellar deep with coal
My windows are well battened I have sealed each crack and hole
When the storms and winds come raging I will not be touched at all
For I’ll be well protected when the snows of winter fall
When the snows of winter fall.