THE DAYS OF MY CHILDHOOD PLAYS
As recorded by Alfred Karnes
C position, standard tuning

Could I only find the way back to yesterday
To the golden days of my childhood play
My life would be different, my enemies would be friends
My leisures not wasted, my life so full of sins

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Could I only find the days as they were then
The golden days to live all over again
My paths would not be empty, I'd make a mark in life
My mother so happy, her hair not near so white

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Could I only find the days as they once seemed
And childhood joys not steeled away like dreams
The schoolhouse on the hilltop and the meadows all in bloom
The bird's song in the willow, not a world so full of gloom

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