The Deepening Snow - Burl Ives
It's snowing out there in
The gloaming
I've sat here and watched
It all night
The kids will be thrilled
When they awaken
And look at the fields
Deep and white
But the snow makes me
Think of my darling
For 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
Won't you please make the winter
Go quick Lord so the flowers
Around him can grow
For I can't stand the thought of
My darling lying there
In the deepening snow
Little Jimmy climbs up on my knee
Now says mommie
What causes the snow
And I tell the wonderful father
Who cares for us all here below
Then I hold him so close and
I kiss him and he kissing
Back doesn't know
That my kiss is meant for her mother
Lying there in the deepening snow
Won't you please make the winter
Go quick Lord so the flowers
Around him can grow
For I can't stand the thought
Of my darling lying there
In the deepening snow