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The Loneliest Snowman

by Jeni Hankins

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The 2021 winter song by Jeni Hankins and Brother Alfred.

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The Loneliest Snowman

When you’re warm by the hearth,
spare a thought for the lonely old snowman.
Holding sticks in the yard, he waits with no complaint.

Got a moth-eaten scar,.
smells of carrots, and stoops like an old man.
Those button-down eyes have never seen very straight.

He’s just a guy
thrown together from old bits and pieces –
the curious things other folks oft’ throw away.

Did you ever think why
he hangs around when the weather is freezing?
Well, he won’t be here when the spring comes, anyway.

Let it snow, let the cold wind blow.
There’s no place for a snowman to go.
Bring you sticks and your old broken things,
and we’ll make this old snowman a king.

He’s fond of the cold –
barely shivers when the icy wind blows
even though there are holes in the soles of his wing-tip shoes.

Like an ice-bound hobo
wearing clothes from a thrift store window,
he’s got the hand-me-down, down and out, lost and found blues.

Well, he never looks blue.
When he’s sad he never shows it,
just keeps on smiling in his good ole lopsided way.

Let’s go, me and you.
I’ve got a hat that will fit him. I know it.
Well, it’s more like a crown. Snowman will be king for a day.

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released December 21, 2021
Jeni Hankins – Lead Vocals and Rhythm Guitar
Alfred Hickling – Harmony Vocals and all other instruments
© Jeni Hankins, Lulu Wall Music, BMI,
and Alfred Hickling, Sweet Pea Music.

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Jeni Hankins London, UK

Jeni Hankins grew up in the coalfields of Appalachian in Southwest Virginia among a family of miners, moonshiners, and journalists. Her writing pulls the grit, gumption, and keen sense of observation out of that heritage like drawing water from her grandmother’s well.

In every song, Jeni’s “true sense of place shines through – old as the hills, but brand new at the same time.”
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