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It’s a lot easier to appreciate the tawdry sentimentality of an emotional mugging<\/a> by a colorful operator like Pappy O’Daniel<\/a> if you don’t have to listen to the music to get to the words, and I wanted to figure them out so I could play the song, so….<\/p>\n While walking through the park today I came upon some boys I’m taking care of mother while daddy’s gone away He told me of the uniform his daddy proudly wore It’s a lot easier to appreciate the tawdry sentimentality of an emotional mugging by a colorful operator like Pappy O’Daniel if you don’t have to listen to the music to get to the words, and I wanted to figure them out so I could play the song, so…. I’m Taking Care of Mother (While Daddy’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}I’m Taking Care of Mother (While Daddy’s Gone Away)<\/h1>\n
\nverse 1<\/h2>\n
\nI sat and watched the boys at play they hadn’t many toys
\nWhen one brave boy came by and climbed upon my knee
\nHe smiled as he looked in my eyes and spoke these words to me\n<\/div>\n\nchorus<\/h2>\n
\nI told him I would guard her til he comes home to stay
\nI’ll be real brave for mother and dry her tears each day
\nI’m taking care of mother while daddy’s gone away.\n<\/div>\n\nverse 2<\/h2>\n
\nIt made my heart grow very warm I’d worn one years before
\nHe told me how he’d dry the tears of his mother every day
\nAt night he tried to hide his fears and these words bravely say\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"