(Harlan Howard)



It's snowing out there in the gloaming

I've sat here and watched it all night

The kids will be pleased when they awaken

And see all the fields snowy white.



But the snow makes me think of my darling

Cause he hated the snow and the cold

Now he lies in a grave back in Knoxville

With a headstone that's just one year old.



Oh, please make the winter go quick Lord

So the flowers around him will grow

Cause I can't stand the thought of my darling

Lying there in the deepening snow.



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Little Bobby climbs up on my knee now

And says mommie what causes snow

And I tell of the wonderful father

Who watches us all here below.



And then I hold him so close and I kiss him

And he kissin' back doesn't know

That my kiss was meant for his daddy

Lying there in the deepening snow.



Oh, please make the winter go quick Lord

So the flowers around him will grow

Cause I can't stand the thought of my darling

Lying there in the deepening snow...