First Fall of Snow

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