I had an uncle name of Matthew He was his father's only boy Born just south of Colby, Kansas He was his mother's pride and joy CHORUS Yes, and joy was just a thing that he was raised on Love was just a way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield Blue was just the Kansas summer sky All the stories that he told me Back when I was just a lad All the mem'ries that he gave me All the good times that he had Growin' up a Kansas farm boy Life is mostly havin' fun Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders Behind a mule beneath the sun CHORUS Well, I guess there were some hard times And I'm told some years were lean They had a storm in 'forty seven A twister came and stripped 'em clean He lost the farm and lost his family He lost the wheat and lost his home But he found the family Bible A faith as solid as a stone CHORUS And so he came to live at our house And he came to work the land He came to ease my daddy's burden And he came to be my friend And so I wrote this down for Matthew And it's for him this song is sung Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders Behind a mule beneath the sun CHORUS
I had an uncle name of Matthew He was his father's only boy Born just south of Colby, Kansas He was his mother's pride and joy CHORUS Yes, and joy was just a thing that he was raised on Love was just a way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield Blue was just the Kansas summer sky All the stories that he told me Back when I was just a lad All the mem'ries that he gave me All the good times that he had Growin' up a Kansas farm boy Life is mostly havin' fun Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders Behind a mule beneath the sun CHORUS Well, I guess there were some hard times And I'm told some years were lean They had a storm in 'forty seven A twister came and stripped 'em clean He lost the farm and lost his family He lost the wheat and lost his home But he found the family Bible A faith as solid as a stone CHORUS And so he came to live at our house And he came to work the land He came to ease my daddy's burden And he came to be my friend And so I wrote this down for Matthew And it's for him this song is sung Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders Behind a mule beneath the sun CHORUS
