Hard Winter

(ways to tell if it's going to be!)

By Jan Harmon
words and music © 1989

A solo song, a "parts" piece, or a 4-part round.
Words adapted from FOXFIRE + tune.

It'll be a hard winter if screech-owls sound like women crying.

It'll be a hard winter if crows gather in trees together.

It'll be a hard winter if all the pinecones open early.

And the first 12 days after Christmas tell the next 12 months of weather.