As I sit here in this old folks home my hair just as white as snow And I remember back when I was young again how everything was jolly My sister did the dance and brother beat the drum And baby rocked her dolly baby rocked her dolly Those kids of mine are grown up now they write every now and then And just to read the lines brings back the times of all our fun and folly My sister did the dance and brother beat the drum And baby rocked her dolly baby rocked her dolly That wife of mine God rest her soul she's gone on before me I bet she's told the Lord about all the times our house was filled with folly My sister did the dance and brother beat the drum And baby rocked her dolly baby rocked her dolly The man across the hall is a lonely man he never had a family And so he asked me to tell him about our kids when he's feeling melancholy My sister did the dance and brother beat the drum And baby rocked her dolly baby rocked her dolly Every night I pray for those kids of mine I wish they were here with me And before I die Lord let me see a sight to make me jolly My sister did the dance and brother beat the drum And baby rocked her dolly baby rocked her dolly And baby rocked her dolly baby rocked her dolly