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Hickory Days

by: Verne Garrison-Valley Park, MO- 04-26-07

Hickory (D) nuts is (G) what Dad called (D) them

Pecans, was the word used in (A) town

In the (D) Fall, he would (G) gather them (D) in

The best collector for (A) miles a-(D) round

In his (G) striped engineers (D) hat

And his faded Pay Day over-(A) alls

He (D) would slip in and out of (G) that timber like a (D) cat

Without any (A) effort at (D) all

He (D) decided when the (G) time was (D) right

By the color of the hickory (A) leaves

He (D) picked what he (G) needed with touch so (D) light

And brought in buckets (A) of nuts with (D) ease

He (D) would crack them at the (G) kitchen table at (D) night

Using his knife and little (A) vise

Looking (D) through the (G) shadows with a coal oil (D) light

Packing the sweet kernels in (A) bread wraps so (D) nice

Oh, the pies and the (G) cakes that Mother (D) made

Tasted so good, flavored that a-(A) way

Thanks to (D) Dad and (G) his hickory (D) days

I can still see him (A) hunting (D) today

Tag: Thanks to Dad and his (G) hickory (D) days

I can still see him (A) hunting (D) today