SILVER HAIRED DADDY OF MINE by Gene Autry and Jimmy Long

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Father's Day is coming, but I cannot wait to post this! 
I just saw the verses on a friend's Facebook page and couldn't resist posting it as a poem! In looking for the author's name, I was pleasantly surprised to find it was a song by Gene Autry!

SILVER HAIRED DADDY OF MINE

Uploaded by BOBFORDD on Jan 12, 2008

 

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In a vine-covered shack in the mountains
Bravely fighting the battle of Time
There's a dear one who's weathered life's sorrow
It's that silver haired Daddy of mine

If I could recall all the heartaches
Dear old Daddy, I've caused you to bear
If I could erase those lines from your face
And bring back the gold to your hair

If God would but grant me the power
Just to turn back the pages of Time
I'd give all I own if I could but atone
To that silver haired Daddy of mine.

I know it's too late, dear old Daddy
To repay for the sorrows and cares
But dear Mother is waiting in Heaven
Just to comfort and solace you there

If I could recall all the heartaches
Dear old Daddy, I've caused you to bear
If I could erase those lines from your face
And bring back the gold to your hair

If God would but grant me the power
Just to turn back the pages of Time
I'd give all I own if I could but atone
To that silver haired Daddy of mine

 

LYRICS AND MUSIC WERE WRITTEN IN 1932 

BY GENE AUTRY AND JIMMY LONG.   

THIS WAS GENE AUTRY'S FIRST RECORDING.  

THE SONG SOLD MORE THAN ONE-MILLION COPIES.

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