Walk a little plainer, Daddy,
Said a little girl so frail.
I'm following in your footsteps
And I don't want to fail.
Sometimes your footsteps are very plain.
Sometimes they are hard to see.
So walk a little plainer, Daddy,
For you are leading me.
I know that once you walked
This way many years ago.
And what you did along the way
I'd really like to know,
For sometimes when I am tempted
I don't know what to do,
So walk a little plainer, Daddy,
for I must follow you.
Someday, when I'm grown up,
You are like I want to be.
Then, I will have a little girl,
Who will want to follow me,
And I would want to lead her right
And help her to be true.
So walk a little plainer, Daddy,
We must follow you.
