The lyrics tell of the singer's love for his woman after she stayed with him through a particularly brutal winter on the American frontier.

I could only imagine how difficult and relentless real farmwork was, particularly in brutal winter.

Yes, it was a brutal winter, taking a toll on everybody.

It is spring but the brutal winter just past lingers.

With the men gone, the long, brutal winter is expected to be even more bitter for those they've left behind.

To add to the trauma, there were Chicago's brutal winters.

Here are some places to melt away the lingering effects of a brutal winter.

"I love it out here, even after this past brutal winter," she said.

In Alaska, however, their money runs low, a brutal winter comes on and there are no jobs.

The brutal winter of 1993-94 delayed construction because the ground was frozen.