Johnny Darrell - Don't Tell My Little Girl lyrics

A stranger laid dyin' I could tell he'd been cryin' On the ground where he laid the whole night long At first I thought he was prayin' but then I heard him sayin' Please don't tell my little girl why daddy's gone I thought when I left her I could make her life better And I never meant to stay away so long But the wine and the women just kept my head a swimmin' And the bars became my home away from home You say I promised when I left her I'd be coming home again When spring had come to melt away the snow And I know she still waits for me to come and take her little hand And go to places that we used to go So won't you please send my daughter these little things I bought her And tell her that I won't be gone too long If you've got time for a letter tell her I won't forget her Just don't tell my little girl why daddy's gone You say I promised when I left her... So won't you please send my daughter... Just don't tell my little girl why daddy's gone