San Antonio Stroll

When I was a child down in South Caroline

Soon's as Saturday sun went on down

My folks and sister would go, and leave me home all alone

Goin' to that big square dance in town

Well, my old radio would play that ol' Opry show

So I never got lonesome or blue

I'd fall asleep in my chair and dream that I was right there

Just singin' the whole night through

When my folks would come home, they'd be hummin' a song

Mama'd smile and say, "Child, don't you know?"

"There ain't a thing in this world to make you fall in love, girl"

"Like the San Antonio Stroll"

Well, the day finally come when my mama said, "Hon"

"It's 'bout time you came with us as well"

Well, I had me a time, yes, I danced all the night

Till they rang that old cracked midnight bell

Then the lights went down low, the fiddler picked up his bow

And he played something stately and slow

And my sister Eileen and her husband-to-be

They held hands and began to stroll

I've been away for a while, but it still brings a smile

When I think of the way that it goes

Now I'll sing it to you, just so we both can do

That old San Antonio Stroll

Now I'll sing it to you, just so we all can do

That old San Antonio Stroll