1951 - Bob Bennett

Well Daddy was an honest hard-working man

With bad eyesight and calloused hands

He married young and he made his stand

In 1951

Well it was worn-out pants and pinto beans

Minimum wage and mustard greens

But he treated Mama just like a queen

In 1951

In Nineteen-Hundred and Fifty-One

Both of them lovers and both of them young

There were clouds in the skies

But stars in their eyes in 1951

She called him "Mister" and he called her "Hon'"

In 1951

Well sometimes I'd hear my Daddy sigh

Mama would cry on his shoulder

Whenever I would ask them why

They'd say "You'll know when you're older"

Well they'd pray for rain in Summer

And give thanks in the Fall

I've seen the pictures I've seen them all

Even on their knees they looked so tall

In 1951

In Nineteen-Hundred and Fifty-One

Both of them lovers and both of them young

There were clouds in the skies

But stars in their eyes in 1951

She called him "Mister" and he called her "Hon'"

In 1951

In 1951