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Thread #7175   Message #671526
Posted By: Brakn
18-Mar-02 - 06:28 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Barefoot Days
Subject: Lyr Add: BAREFOOT DAYS
Not sure if thesae are in the right order. Gathered from different versions.

Surely you remember those days that used to be
When your Dad and mother, they sang sweet songs to thee
We got all dressed up spick and span
And off to church we ran
But the very best days of all
Were when we had no shoes at all:-

Barefoot days, when we were just a couple of kids
Barefoot days, oh boy the things we did.
Down by a shady nook, with a bent pin for a hook.
We fished all day, we fished all night
But the blooming old fish refused to bite.
And off we'd slide, down some old cellar door
We'd slip and slide till our pants got tore, a little more
Then we'd have to go home, get into bed
While mother got busy with a needle and thread
Oh boy, what joy, we had in barefoot days.

I can remember how proud I used to be
When my dad and mother, they bought new shoes for me
Now that's the feeling you've all had
How new shoes could make you glad
But the time that you recall
Is when you wore no shoes at all

Those barefoot days, remember those days of long ago
Those barefoot days, remember all the kids you used to know
You'd all go out on a two mile hike, only rich kids had a bike
Take all day to find a tree to climb and get home way past supper time
And then your dad would send you off to bed
You'd have to stay and not get fed
Later that night while you were awake
Your mother would bring along some milk and some cake
Oh boy, what joy, we had in barefoot days.

I'd be so happy if I could only be
Back in my old home town in the days that used to be
Yes that was where we'd roam all day
Down by the brooks we used to play
They're the times that I recall
When I wore no shoes at all