Little Bosephus Lyrics - Hank Williams

LITTLE BOSEPHUS 

WRITER HANK WILLIAMS 

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Little Bosephus, you're the one, makes me feel good inside 

Just to know that you're my son makes my heart swell with pride 

I've always needed one like you to love and understand 

Now that you've come to fill that place, you're my buddy, man to man 

There comes a time when every boy grows so cocksure with life 

So that he feels he knows it all and no longer needs advice 

The complicated phase of life is called "adolescent age" 

And sometimes breaks a father's heart---wish you could skip that stage 

I'd like to help you fill your heart with kindness, faith and truth 

Protect you from the hands that reach out to destroy manhood and you 

There is so much sorrow and despair to blight the hearts of men 

And the more we learn of love and life, the more they come crowding in 

It's just little things at first, my son, then, as we grow older 

Our troubles grow much bigger too and sometimes, they overflow 

The poisoned minds and broken hearts will cause strongest men to weep 

Overwhelm souls with bitterness and death would be so sweet 

So we must build a strong defense of love and fortitude 

On character and knowledge, son, so these ills cannot intrude 

Ah, Sonny boy, so many things a youngster needs to know 

If he is to find true happiness as down through this life he goes 

It's just a father's love, I guess, that comes to every Dad 

That makes me want to shelter you from things that make you sad 

Bosephis, boy, I'm standing by to help you when you call 

For Son, you are my flesh and blood and the grandest pal of all 

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