I talked with a stranger so sad and forlorn   His garments were sack cloth all tattered and town   He told me a story of sorrow and woe   His heart went to heaven at the first fall of snow      He spoke of his angel a dear baby girl   He loved every footstep he loved every curl   But she went to heaven just one year ago   The angels came for her at the first fall of snow      He still have the dolly that she used to love   He held and caressed it and he gazed up above   He whispered my darling you're waiting I know   I'll bring you your dolly at the first fall of snow   [ fiddle ]   And there as I listened then my eyes filled with tears   I knew she was part of his happier years   His frail body trembled he spoke soft and low   I'll be with my darling at the first fall of snow      I just couldn't tell him how I felt inside   I patted his shoulder my feelings to hide   He smiled as we partred cause he didn't know   That we'd lost our darling at the first fall of snow