Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp

	SON OF HICKORY HOLLER'S TRAMP
	(Dallas Frazier)
	« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
	Oh the path was deep and wide from footsteps leading to our cabin
	Above the door there burned a scarlet lamp
	And late at night a hand would knock and there would stand a stranger
	Yes I'm the son of Hickory Holler's tramp
	The corn was dry and the weeds were high when daddy took the drinking
	Him and Lucy Walker they took up and ran away
	Mama cried a tear and then she promised fourteen children
	I swear you'll never see a hungry day
	When mama sacrificed her pride the neighbors started talkin'
	But I was much too young to understand the things they said
	The thing that mattered most of all was mama's chicken dumplings
	And the goodnight kiss before we went to bed
	Oh the path was deep and wide...
	When daddy left then destitution came upon our family
	Not one neighbor volunteered to give a helping hand
	So let them gossip all they want she loved us and she raised us
	The proof is standing here the full grown man
	Last summer mama passed away and left the ones who loved her
	Each and every one is more than grateful for their birth
	Each Sunday she receives the fresh bouquet of fourteen roses
	And the card that reads the greatest mom on earth
	Oh the path was deep and wide...
	Yeah I'm the son of Hickory Holler's tramp

	SON OF HICKORY HOLLER' S TRAMP
	Dallas Frazier
	nbsp ' 67 AcuffRose Music, BMI nbsp
	Oh the path was deep and wide from footsteps leading to our cabin
	Above the door there burned a scarlet lamp
	And late at night a hand would knock and there would stand a stranger
	Yes I' m the son of Hickory Holler' s tramp
	The corn was dry and the weeds were high when daddy took the drinking
	Him and Lucy Walker they took up and ran away
	Mama cried a tear and then she promised fourteen children
	I swear you' ll never see a hungry day
	When mama sacrificed her pride the neighbors started talkin'
	But I was much too young to understand the things they said
	The thing that mattered most of all was mama' s chicken dumplings
	And the goodnight kiss before we went to bed
	Oh the path was deep and wide...
	When daddy left then destitution came upon our family
	Not one neighbor volunteered to give a helping hand
	So let them gossip all they want she loved us and she raised us
	The proof is standing here the full grown man
	Last summer mama passed away and left the ones who loved her
	Each and every one is more than grateful for their birth
	Each Sunday she receives the fresh bouquet of fourteen roses
	And the card that reads the greatest mom on earth
	Oh the path was deep and wide...
	Yeah I' m the son of Hickory Holler' s tramp