Little Jimmy Dickens - Daddy And The Wine Lyrics

A child walked in a candy store in faded overalls

Threw a nickel on the counter said I think I'll spend it all

I've carried it three months or more you can tell it by the shine

I need a sack of candy like my daddy needs his wine

Daddy and the wine go back three years out of my age

In the old days we were happy dad worked hours long and late

Then one day mommie disappeared one so did daddy's mind

Now it's me and daddy mostly daddy and the wine

[ piano ]

The child picked up the sack and then he wandered on outside

I saw a robe of green among the jelly beens inside

The clerk was broke and so was I we gave him our last dime

A stranger stole his mommie now his daddy's on the wine

Daddy and the wine go back...