I was 11 months old, I was just to walk And always kept, a big stick behind the door in case somebody was to come in That was drunk on
You know and daddy had to do about it Anyway, this woman, we called her old Boyd She come in and she was mommy about her Uh, husband, she thinks is going out with this in Paintsville
So she reared back with that big mommy how she was going To hit this woman in the with it And she went back with it, she hit me in the head
And Mommy said, I for 5 days And she said I, fifth night I had a great big knot show up in the middle of my forehead
And, you know, the only I remember I dont remember no pain, but I just remember And daddy me in this old quilt That had made out of overhalls
The knots getting bigger and bigger And she took me to the And that called mesitor, something like that Mommy said it both ears Flat to my face and I got very big ears
And them, Mommy I would that I was going to die And that happened four times So I walk till I was almost 5 It was, it was kind of a
Oh, I forgot the shoes Well, shoot, I hadnt, Id had a pair of shoes And Mommy had went, took me to the You know, to see what was
If they couldnt do something, but they keep me Because Mommy and Daddy didnt have no They just tell em to me home and let me die, you know Because there wasnt nothing they do about That kind of disease, I
And, um, told daddy, says, Ted, you take her Down the street, you carry her the street" And said, Let me try this here And Mommy went in and told them the that I was dying
That she had to carry me twelve to town And twelve miles back and that I had no That place, I think it was 5 and 10 And theyre still in Paintsville, Kentucky
And I think they told Mommy That they wasnt in to give shoes away Mommy daddy, says, Carry Loretta on down a little farther Said, And let me in another store"
And went right back to the same store When the guys was turned she stole these little red shoes And I remember on the bigold bridge that went the river It went way up and was
Ive always been scared of that That me across the big Sandy River Mommy them out from under That yellow jacket that she was
And she was putting them red on me And I thought them was the prettiest things I saw in my life And started crying and I wondered why And he said, Clerie, were not going to it home
And mommy put the on me and daddy took off running And run all the way ahead tButcher with me And never had a chance to carry me any farther And thats almost twelve miles that run with me
But daddy knew that the was going to get us He left Mommy standing and he took off in a run I remember him running but I know what for And I remember asking mommy, Mommy, why is Daddy
I remember her hollering, To put little red shoes away Honey, when you get home Can you believe So I wrote a called Put My Little Red Shoes Away You know, theyre my red shoes And I dont want em to get to be