Here's how I remember it:

In a yard where little children
Were playing games one day
A little lad on crutches
Was watching wistfully
It seemed so hard he could not play
As the other children do
They said that he would spoil their games
And he was a baby, too.

(Chorus)
When I go to heaven mama
Will the angels let me play?
Because I am a cripple
Will they say I'm in the way?
Here the children never want me
I'm a bother they all say
When I go to heaven mama
Will the angels let me play?

I wish that daddy would come home
Before I go to sleep
Just tell him how I waited
For his kisses on my cheek
That night while all was silent
The angels came that way
And took him up to heaven
Where he won't have to say

Chorus

And when he got to heaven
The angels let him play
They gave him golden slippers
And he wasn't in the way
And when his mama got there
He had these words to say
When I got to heaven mama
The angels let me play

Chorus




I remember hearing this song as recorded by my aunt's family from Virginia back in the 70's. Now I'm singing it to my daughter as I rock her before bed. She's healthy, but just want to teach her about God's healing power when we go to heaven.