Prince - Sometimes It Snows In April - Covered by Zabeth Dkos

One of my favorite songs ever. This song was written by Prince, Wendy & Lisa and is from the Prince album "Parade".

I had recorded myself doing this one day for no particular reason and I was playing and singing it by memory so I probably mess up the chords and what not. I've never actually "learned" the song...only loved it and tried to play it by ear.

I have combined it with the last footage I have with my dog Buddy. I took her to Centre Island (Toronto) because I knew she was dying and I wanted her to have one last great day of being outdoors and by the water as she loved to be. It's shocking to realize that this was 2 weeks before her death and she was completely full of cancer at this point. Yet she gave this day her "everything". She ran around like a young dog playing in the water and looking back at me to make sure I was following her all the time. I love this memory of her and I am so glad I had this last amazing time with her because I can see that she was happy and that it meant so much for her to be able to run and play like that one last time.

RIP my little girl. Jan 1 1994 - July 15 2006.

***April 21, 2010 - Thank you all for your wonderful comments. I really appreciate all of your kind words and encouragement as well as your stories of loss and your memories of when you first heard this song and what it means to you. Peace to you all.

***Oct 14, 2010 - Thought some of you might like to check this out. It's the first review of my debut CD Unsigned Undefined Unapologetic: http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-zabeth-dkos-unsigned-undefi...

Thanks again to all of you for your support and words of encouragement and for sharing your stories with me.

Best,
Zabeth

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[harvestmoondog]

I am a huge Prince fan and I know that W&L would appreciate this cover + video...especially Lisa.

[zabethdkosofficial]

@harvestmoondog

Thank you HMD...W&L have my greatest respect; they are such incredible musicians and very inspirational.

[Undadogg69]

Beautifully Done! Along with the footage of your little girl this fits so wonderfully. You did the song justice.

[zabethdkosofficial]

Thank you for the nice comment. Love your YouTube username. :)

[keithd3]

I keep clicking on to your version of this here and I love it so much. Your voice goes with this song so so so well.

Maybe someday ill see you perform it live.

All the best for 2010

K XXX

[zabethdkosofficial]

Thank you so much. All the best to you too. :)

[tonyhobbsuk]

This is beautiful, really beautiful...

[troubleman27]

Just wonderful lady! Simply wonderful x

[milesfathi]

One of the best songs I've heard lately. The lyrics could be better I guess... but hey! not everyone is L.Cohen!

[mrfrogbutt1]

this version is so beautiful.....

[downyclown]

Made me cry :(

Lost my dog the same year and listened to this song every night after! x

[madonnassister]

Oh Buddy. How I miss you so. You were such a good doggie. I was always happy to look after you when your

[esther6757]

at 21 november I had to put my dog Loedertje too sleep.

She was 17 years old.

I miss her so much.

I love your tribute to your Tracy.

Prince knows exactly the words to expres what I feel

[TaniaR1974]

I Lost my boy today aged 10 in December. We had to have him put to sleep. He died peacefully in the garden in my partners arms. Thank you for this video, Prince is my favourite artist and your video brings a sad but good comfort for me. He was like my son. I like to imagine Buddy is him running around in heaven. They even looked similar. God blessxx

[pachin63]

But sometimes  sometimes...

[EquinoxParadox91]

This is stunning. Gave me goosebumps.