chorus
Oh the path was deep and wide from footsteps leading
to our cabin and above the door there burned a scarlet
Lamp and late at night a hand would knock and there
would stand a stranger Yes i'm the son of hickory
hollars Tramp.
Verse 1
Well the corn was dry and the weeds were high when
daddy took to drinkin, him and lucy walker they took
up and ran away momma cried a tear then she promised
14 children i swear you'll never see a hungry day.
when momma sacrificed her pride the neighbors started
talkin, but i was much too young to understand the
things they said, the thing that mattered most of all
was momma's chicken n dumplins and that goodnight kiss
before we went to bed.
Repeat Chorus
when daddy left then destitution came upon our family
not one neighbor volunteered to give a helpin hand
so let em gossip all They want she loved us and she
raised us the truth is standing here a full grown man.
last summer momma passed away and left the ones who
loved her, each and everyone is more than greatful for
their birth, each sunday she recieves a fresh boquet
of fourteen roses, and a card that reads the greatest
mom on earth.
Repeat Chorus
Oh the path was deep and wide from footsteps leading
to our cabin and above the door there burned a scarlet
Lamp and late at night a hand would knock and there
would stand a stranger Yes i'm the son of hickory
hollars Tramp.
Verse 1
Well the corn was dry and the weeds were high when
daddy took to drinkin, him and lucy walker they took
up and ran away momma cried a tear then she promised
14 children i swear you'll never see a hungry day.
when momma sacrificed her pride the neighbors started
talkin, but i was much too young to understand the
things they said, the thing that mattered most of all
was momma's chicken n dumplins and that goodnight kiss
before we went to bed.
Repeat Chorus
when daddy left then destitution came upon our family
not one neighbor volunteered to give a helpin hand
so let em gossip all They want she loved us and she
raised us the truth is standing here a full grown man.
last summer momma passed away and left the ones who
loved her, each and everyone is more than greatful for
their birth, each sunday she recieves a fresh boquet
of fourteen roses, and a card that reads the greatest
mom on earth.
Repeat Chorus