Deepening Snow

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 mommy 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 his daddy lying there in the deepening snow

Won't you please make the winter

Lying there in the deepening snow