San Antonio Stroll

When I was a child
Down in South Caroline
Soon's the Saturday sun went on down
My folks and sister would go
And leave me home 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 a-singin' the whole night through
When my folks would come home
They'd be hummin' a song
Momma'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 Momma said "Hun
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 both can do
That Old San Antonio Stroll.