How Could I Explain?

The road from our home was all drifted over

The snow fell for hours that long winter’s night

The baby was born in her own little cabin

But I knew in my heart something just wasn’t right

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So sad and alone without any mother

To kiss him at night and take his small hand

What can I do when I hear him crying

How could I explain what I can’t understand

She lay on her bed the baby beside her

She cried “hold me close, please don’t let me die”

Then I took her hand and knelt down beside her

The last thing she heard was the baby’s sad cry

CHORUS

The years have gone by since that cold morning

But I wonder each night when I stop to pray

Does she sleep in peace or is she tormented

When the baby’s sad cry drifts out to her grave

CHORUS

How could I explain what I can’t understand