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I talked with a stranger, so sad and for lorn,
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His garments were sackloth, 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.