This song takes on the “winter” concept most directly: the cold and darkness and danger for the unprepared.
In some places, it is referred to as “Bitter Wind Lullaby” to distinguish it from the later Bitter Wind March
This song is available for sale via bandcamp in all three albums.
A recording of this from the 2020 North American Distributed Chorus is available.
A Bayesian Choir Performance of this song was on Youtube, and still probably exists somewhere.
Little one, little one, bitter wind blown
Little one, little one, bitter wind blown
Little one, little one, bitter wind blown
Little one, little one, bitter wind blown
(skip)
Sun barely rising a-bove the hor-izon
Little one, little one, bitter wind blown
Flowers are withering, naked bark brittle oh,
Little one, little one, bitter wind blown
Don't understand why the light would abandon us,
Little one, little one, bitter wind blown
And I don't know how much more he may demand of us
Little one, little one, bitter wind blown
Sun, sailing a - way I don't know
Where... I don’t know why…
Sky, darkening grey, wishing there
weren’t so man-y good - byes...
little one, little one why...
little one why...
Asking me questions I don't have the answers to
Little one, little one, bitter wind blown
Watching you shiver, and I dont know what to do
Little one, little one, bitter wind blown
Maybe if we did the dance said the words just right
Little one, little one, bitter wind blown
Maybe he'd come back may-be things would be all right t
Little one, little one, bitter wind blown
Sun, sailing a - way I don't know
Where... I don’t know why…
Sky, darkening grey, wishing there
weren’t so man-y good - byes...
little one, little one why...
little one why...
little one why...
