Sleep the flowers of the vale underneath the snow Turned to ice with winter's grasp, water's playful flow A sparrow, a tiny one, cold north wants you undone Turned to ice with winter's grasp, water's playful flow ♪ At the yard of a poor man's house, a girl kind and dear: A seed for you my tiny one, a seed for you right here! Oh, you poor homeless thing, Christmas can't make you sing Seed for you my tiny one, seed for you right here! Heart and wing afluttering, the girl and the bird Featherlight touch on her palm and a voice she's heard: Blessings to you, my dear! Your kindness brought me here Featherlight touch on her palm and a voice she's heard ♪ I have lived your life, oh child, and to you I tell That I am your brother's ghost, and I knew you well This seed grown by the sun, a kindness to a tiny one Gift for your dead brother's ghost Still he knows you well This seed grown by the sun, a kindness to a tiny one Gift for your dead brother's ghost Still he knows you well