My Daddy Is Only a Picture

Performed by Dick Thomas
Recorded August 30, 1948
Written by Tommy Dilbeck

I asked a little boy to call his daddy
He said he couldn't and sighed
And when I asked him what was wrong
Here's what the little boy replied
My Daddy is only a picture,
In a frame that hangs on the wall
Each day I talk to my daddy,
But he never talks at all
I tell him all of my secrets
And all of my little plans
And from the way that he smiles at me,
I know he understands
The angels took Daddy to heaven,
When I was just goin' on three
But I'll bet they never told him
How blue and lonesome we'd be
I try to cheer up my mommy,
When the tears roll down her face
My daddy is only a picture,
But I'm tryin' to take his place

I try to cheer up my mommy,
When the tears roll down her face
My daddy is only a picture,
But I'm tryin' to take his place

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