Walk a Little Plainer Dad

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’m grown up,

You are like I want to be;

Then I’ll 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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