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He wore starched white shirts buttoned at the neck

He'd sit in the shade and watch the chickens peck

His teeth were gone but what the heck

I thought that he walked on water

Said he was a cowboy when he was young

Could handle a rope and he was good with a gun

And my momma's daddy was his oldest son

And I thought that he walked on water

If the story is told only heaven knows

But his hat seemed to me like an old halo

And though his wings they were never seen

I thought that he walked on water

He tied a cord to the end of a map

Said,