Well, a curly-headed girl with a bright shining smile
heard the roar of a plane as it sailed through the sky
to her playmates she said, with a bright twinkling eye
my daddy flies that ship in the sky
My daddy flies that ship in the sky
my daddy flies that ship in the sky
my mama's not afraid and neither am i
'cause my daddy flies that ship in the sky
Then a button-nosed kid, as he kicked up his heels
he said, my daddy works in the iron and the steel
my dad builds the planes and they fly through the sky
and that's what keeps your daddy up there so high
That's what keeps your daddy up there so high
that's what keeps your daddy up there so high
my dad builds the planes and they fly through the sky
and that's what keeps your daddy up there so high
Then a freckle-faced kid pinched his toe in the sand
he says, my daddy works at that place where they land
you tell your mama, don't be afraid
my dad'll bring your daddy back home again
My dad'll bring your daddy back home again
my dad'll bring your daddy back home again
don't be afraid when it gets dark and rains
my dad'll bring your daddy back home again
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- Miscellaneous
- The Folkways Years, 1944-1961
- The Very Best Of
- Original American Folk
- Passing Through
- 900 Miles
- I Ride an Old Paint
- Cisco Houston - Greatest Recordings
- Busy Bee Workout, Vol. 4
- Sheepside Christmas, Vol. 9
- Paul Clayton & Cisco Houston (6 Original Folk Albums)
- Cisco Sings American Folk Songs
- Cisco Houston Sings American Folk Songs
- The History Of American Folk
- The 1960 Newport Folk Festival Vol. 2
- The Best of Newport Folk Festival, Vol. 4
- Folk (Live)
- 900 Miles and Other R.R. Songs
- American Murder Ballads
- American Folk Tales