The Shoes My Daddy Wore - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
The Shoes My Daddy Wore. Copyright, 1874, by E. H. Harding. 
Just 'fore my daddy died, He called me to his bed; I knelt down by his side, And dis to me he said: "Come, take dese good old shoes, I cannot give you more: I've had dem more dan fifteen years On dis old Virginia shore." 
Chorus. For dese am de shoes my daddy wore! Den watch what I does Wid dese old plantation shoes; For dese am de shoes my daddy wore! 
On every holiday Dese same old shoes I wear; And when I dance in dem I make de white folks stare. When I have grown quite old, I'll hang dem on de wall; And think of happy days dat's gone. And those happy scenes recall.-Chorus.