It's snowing out there in the gloaming 

I've sat here and watched it all night

The kids will be thrilled when they waken 

And look at the fields deep and white

But the snow makes me think of my darling 

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

Cause I can't stand the thought of my darling 

Lying there in the deepening snow




Little Jimmy climbs up on my knee now 

Saying mommy what causes the snow

And I tell of 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




Oh Won't you please make the Winter go quick Lord

So the flowers all around him can grow

Cause I can't stand the thought of my darling

Lying there in the deepening snow

Out there in the deepening snow