Walk a little plainer daddy,
said a little boy so frail...
I'm following in your footsteps,
and I don't want to fail.
Sometimes your steps are very plain;
sometimes they're hard to see...
So walk a little plainer daddy,
for you are leading me.

I know that once you walked this way many years ago...
And what you did along the way,
I'd really like to know.
For sometimes when I'm tempted,
I don't know what to do...
So walk a little plainer daddy,
for I must follow you.

Some day when I am all grown up,
you are like what I want to be...

Then I will have a little boy who will want to follow me.
And I would want to lead him right,
and help him to be true...
So walk a little plainer daddy,
for WE must follow you.

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