Beneath the solemn, snowy fold
Through darkest night, and quiet cold
Over many a lonesome, wandering way
Amongst the shadows of fallen frost
Winter whispers, silently
And there called out, in song to me
Betwixt the shudders of frozen earth
And the umbral symphony
A distant sound, so far away
And upon that chilly, winters night
Through dreary wind, and crack of ice
To me, it must have sounded like
Footsteps, upon the cobblestone