Walk a Little Plainer, Daddy

“Walk a little plainer, Daddy.”
Said a little boy so frail.
I’m following in your footsteps,
And I don’t want to fail.
Sometimes your steps are very, very plain,
Sometimes they are hard to see.
So walk a little plainer, Daddy,
For you are leading me.

I know that once you walked this way,
Many years ago.
And what you did along the way,
I’d really like to know.
For sometimes when I am tempted,
I don’t know what to do.
So walk a little plainer, Daddy,
For I must follow you.

Someday when I’m all grown up,
And you are like I’d want to be.
Then I will have a little boy,
Who will want to follow me.
And I want to lead him right,
And help him to be true.
So walk a little plainer, Daddy,
For we must follow you.