It's snowing out there in the gloaming I've sat here and watched it all night The kids will be pleased when they waken 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
[ steel ] 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 the kiss was meant for his daddy Lying there in the deepening snow