San Antonio Stroll - Tanya Tucker

When I was a child down in South Caroline

Soon as Saturday sun went on down

My folks and sister would go

And leave me home all alone

Going to that big square dance in town

Well, my old radio would play

That old opry show

So I never got lonesome or blue

I’d fall asleep in my chair

And dream that I was right there

Just singing the whole night through

When my folks would come home

They’d be humming 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

Hun, it’s 'bout time you came with us as well

Well, I had me a time, yes

I danced all the night

'Til they rang that ol' 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

Yes, I’ll sing it to you

Just so we all can do

That old San Antonio Stroll