When I was a child    Down in South Caroline   Soon's the Saturday sun went on down   My folks and sister would go   And leave me home alone   Goin' to that big square dance in town.      Well my old radio would play    That Ol' Opry show   So I never got lonesome or blue   I'd fall asleep in my chair    And dream that I was right there   Just a-singin' the whole night through      When my folks would come home   They'd be hummin' a song   Momma'd smile and say    "Child don't you know   There ain't a thing in this world   To make you fall in love, girl   Like the San Antonio stroll"      Well the day finally come   when my Momma said "Hun   It's 'bout time you came with us as well"   Well I had me a time, yes!   I danced all the night   'Till they rang that old    Cracked midnight bell      Then the lights went down low   The fiddler picked up his bow   And he played something stately and slow   And my sister Eileen    And her husband to be   They held hands and began to Stroll      I've been away for a while   But it still brings a smile   When I think of the way that it goes   Now I'll sing it to you,    Just so we both can do   That old San Antonio Stroll      Now I'll sing it to you,   Just so we both can do   That Old San Antonio Stroll.