How I Miss Those Little Footsteps - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
How I Miss Those Little Footsteps. Copyright, 1877, by W. H. Rieger. Published by permission. 
Little footsteps, how I miss them, How my heart doth yearn to hear. Dancing feet and merry laughter Of my little one so dear. Oft I dream that she is near me. Then I see no vacant chair, But I wake and miss my darling's Little footsteps ev'rywhere. 
Chorus. How I miss those little footsteps Of my darling one so fair, But I never more can hear her Dancing feet upon the stair. 
Little footsteps, how I miss them. But their charms with me remain; How I long to hear her laughter And the dancing feet again. But there is a stillness ever, And no little voice I hear; Oh, I miss the gentle footsteps Of my little child so dear.-Chorus, 
Little footsteps, how I miss them, Since they cross'd the mystic stream; But their charms are ever near me, Oft I hear them in my dreams. Then I wake and miss my darling, And I .see her vacant chair; I shall never, never hear her Little footsteps ev'rywhere.-Chorus