Papa's Dancing With His Daughter

There’s a high step and a low step
And a stepping in-between
How he told it to Tom Potter
‘bout that incident last week
There ain’t hardly nothing to it
I’ll get back to you about it
Don’t you worry Buddy
We can work it out
It’ll be alright
And she’s laughing and she’s pushing him
And telling him to go
On out there on the dance floor
She can’t hardly hold her grin in
He’s just like he’s always been
Going on and on some nothing
Don’t half matter way he does
He always has it’s the way he is
Chorus: Papa’s dancing with his daughter
Up and down the doissy-do
To your left to your right
To your partner bowing low
Then he’ll take her in his arms
And he’ll twirl her ‘round real slow
Then hand in hand they’ll promenade on home
And that fiddle make a screech
And a man will make a speech
About the graduation Friday
And the summer coming on
It all just seems like yesterday
Yeh but that’s what they all say
It’s true too soon you’re wondering
Just where it’s all gone
He remembers she was younger
She was sitting on his knee
He was bouncing her hugging her
He told himself earlier
He ain’t going to do this she’s been
His heart’s one full pride and joy
But them tears are welling up inside him
Now oh boy
Chorus:
And she puts her hand in his
And she whispers in his ear
Some old silly secret endearment
He used to whisper it to her
As he tucked her in her bed
It all runs together in his head
She’s smiling blushing so full
All her dreams tonight
And the room seems to freeze
There’s a weakness in his knees
As he’s looking all around
Feelings coming into play
‘Cause there’ll come a time he knows
When he’ll have to let her go
When he’ll have to stand
And watch her dance away
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