Deepening Snow

(Harlan Howard)



It's snowing out there in the gloaming

I've sat here and watched it all night

Little kids will be thrilled when they awaken

And look at the fields deep and white.



But the snow makes me think of my darling

How she hated the snow and the cold

Now she lies in a grave back in Knoxville

With a headstone that's just one year old.



Please make the winter go quick, Lord

So the flowers around her can grow

I can't stand the thought of my loved one

Lying there in the deepening snow.



Little Nancy climbs upon my knee now

And I guess she's much too young to know

That the kiss I give was meant for her mother

Lying there in the deepening snow.



Please make the winter go quick, Lord

So the flowers around her can grow

I can't stand the thought of my loved one

Lying there in the deepening snow.



Lying there in the deepening snow...