(Harlan Howard)      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.      --- Instrumental ---      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 his daddy   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.      Lying there in the deepening snow...