Don't You Miss

When I was a boy, just eleven year old I lived on a farm with my daddy named Crow And although he never went to school My daddy had but two simple rules He'd say boy, don't you worry, and don't you miss He taught me to pray and tie the strings on my boot He bought my first gun and he taught me to shoot He took me on down to the river bed And I'll never forget what he said He said boy, don't you worry and don't you miss One day my daddy was out at the mill He brought me along, and it was all goin' well Until my daddy he slipped on some straw And his leg got caught in the saw Well I cried out to my daddy Crow but here's what he said I'm sorry that I've got to go away I promise I'll see you again someday But boy won't you learn from my mistakes and don't you miss I'm sorry that I've got to go away I promise I'll see you again someday But boy won't you learn from my mistakes and don't you miss It's time for me to fly away I promise I'll see you again someday But boy won't you learn from my mistakes and don't you miss Boy won't you learn from my mistakes and don't you miss Boy won't you learn from my mistakes and don't you miss I had me a boy, and I named him Red And one day my daddy Crow came out from the shed He bought my son Red his first gun He said come on Red let's go have some fun And boy, don't you worry and don't you miss And boy, don't you worry and don't you miss And boy, don't you worry and don't you miss