"Sixteen-Penny Candy" genre: Traditional Country
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	A traditional country ballad of a loving relationship between father and son across a lifetime.
	CD: PERFECTLY STABLE   Label: BROOM CLOSET PRODUCTIONS Credits: Copyright 1988 C. Daniel Boling / PERFECTLY STABLE MUSIC/ASCAP
	Story Behind the Song A friend of mine was dealing with the death of his father and told me a little about his childhood and his relationship with his father. This song is the result. A number of my fans tell me this is one of their favorites among my songs. Lyrics I went to work with Daddy from the time that I could walk. And I watched him building houses long before I learned to talk. He made me my own hammer that I carried all the time, And I'd build with the scrap lumber I could find. Daddy was a framer. He used sixteen-penny nails That he bought in wooden kegs downtown at Humphrey's General Sales. He never used an apron, he just held 'em in his teath. Said it made 'em easier to reach. My Daddy called 'em sixteen-penny candy. Said he loved to feel the nails between his teeth. I'd bring along my hammer and he'd grin real big and hand me Sixteen-penny candy just for me. By fourteen I was framing houses right there at his side. I never got as good as Dad, but I think he knows I tried. Between us we could do the work of several other men. And I guess I learned it all from watching him. My Daddy called 'em sixteen-penny candy. Said he loved to feel the nails between his teeth. I'd bring along my hammer and he'd grin real big and hand me Sixteen-penny candy just for me. But Daddy was only 50 when Mama called me late one night. By then it had been ten years since Daddy lost his sight. I'd spent those ten years building homes like Daddy taught me to, The only job that I know how to do. When I stepped in his room I saw that this was near the end. And I hold my Daddy closer than I hold my dearest friend. I knew that he was fading but I hoped that he could hear, And I hugged him tight and whispered in his ear. Dad, I still call 'em sixteen-penny candy. And I love to feel the nails between my teeth. Remember how I'd toddle up and you'd grin real big and hand me Sixteen-penny candy just for me.

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