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1951 |
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W/M: John Fowler, Michael Aguilar & Bob Bennett |
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(c) 1982 Straightway Music (ASCAP) |
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(a div. of EMI Christian Music Publishing) |
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& Word Music (ASCAP)(Warner/Chappell USA) |
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Well Daddy was an honest, hard-working man |
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With bad eyesight and calloused hands |
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He married young and he made his stand |
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In 1951 |
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Well it was worn-out pants and pinto beans |
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Minimum wage and mustard greens |
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But he treated Mama just like a queen |
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In 1951 |
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In Nineteen-Hundred and Fifty-One |
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Both of them lovers and both of them young |
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There were clouds in the skies |
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But stars in their eyes in 1951 |
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She called him "Mister" and he called her "Hon'" |
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In 1951 |
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Well sometimes I'd hear my Daddy sigh |
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Mama would cry on his shoulder |
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Whenever I would ask them why |
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They'd say "You'll know when you're older" |
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Well they'd pray for rain in Summer |
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And give thanks in the Fall |
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I've seen the pictures, I've seen them all |
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Even on their knees they looked so tall |
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In 1951 |
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In Nineteen-Hundred and Fifty-One |
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Both of them lovers and both of them young |
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There were clouds in the skies |
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But stars in their eyes in 1951 |
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She called him "Mister" and he called her "Hon'" |
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In 1951 |
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In 1951 |
