Lake Fork Verne - Barefoot on a gravel road

^ENo shirt, no shoes, sun- tanned in bib over- a^Alls Tall timber, rushing streams, my home has it ^Eall My summer job, keep the garden ^B7hoed Just a lad, barefoot on a gravel ^Eroad

^ETimes were simple way back ^Athen Do your chores early, then do them a^Egain And everbody carried his own ^B7load Just a lad, barefoot on a gravel ^Eroad

^ENo worry, the big war was far ^Aaway My uncles, they fought, so I'd have ^Etoday Thanks to the bravery others s^B7howed So I could be barefoot on a gravel ^Eroad

^EI've made a lot of foot-prints, and had my ^Afill Many times I have passed this cemetery ^Ehill The wagon is moving again, and this time I am the ^B7load A lad, no longer barefoot on a gravel ^Eroad.