Winter It Is Past - Lyrics - Eddi Reader

Eddi Reader MBE is a Scottish singer-songwriter, known both for her work with Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo career. She is the recipient of three BRIT Awards and has topped both the album and singles charts. In 2003 she showcased the works of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns.

The winter it is past, and the summer comes at last, And the small birds are singing in the trees Now everything is glad, oh but I am very sad, For my true love is parted from me. The rose upon the briar by the water running clear May have charms for the linnet and the bee Their little loves are blest, ah their little hearts at rest, But my true love is parted from me And all you who are in love, and cannot it remove, I pity all the pains that you endure, For experience lets me know that your hearts are full of woe, It's a woe that no mortal can cure. My love is like the sun and the firmament does run Forever is constant and true But his is like the moon, it wanders up and doon, And is every month changing anew. The winter it is past, and the summer comes at last, And the small birds are singing in the trees Their little loves are blest, ah their little hearts at rest, But my true love is parted away from me My true love is far away from me.