My Father

My father would lift me and hold me up high To show me a scene or a parade passing by.   My father would lift me and hug me so tight              When Id scrape up my knees or Id just had a fright. My father would lift me; Id sit on his knee           And hear of his childhood, when he was like me.         My father would lift me — instructing my mind        In the fear of the Lord and the love of mankind.     My father would lift me from gloomy despair,               When things...