Walk a little plainer daddy
    Said a little boy so frail
I'm following in your footsteps
    And I don't want to fail 
Sometimes your steps are very plain
    Sometimes they are so 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 boy
    Who will want to follow me
And I would want to lead him right      
    And help him to be true
So walk a little plainer daddy
    For we must follow you.

        (Author Unknown)