Getting back to the opening post:-

It strikes me as very resonant -- the naming of springtime hopes which are also sadly left behind and lost by the singer. I'm wondering if this resonance even has to do with the naming techniques - naming by threes?

Can you think of other songs that do this -- or else that name these longed-for losses in a similar way?


Not things that are left behind and lost, in this case, but things that the singer is prepared to lose:-

JOHNNY HAS GONE FOR A SOLDIER

I'll sell my clock
I'll sell my reel
Likewise I'll sell my spinning wheel
To buy my love a sword of steel


DC