| A | B | |
| When I was a child down in | South Caroline |
| D | E | A | E | |
| Soon's the | Saturday | sun went on | down |
| A | B | |
| My folks and | sister would go and leave me | home all alone |
| D | E | A | |
| Going | to that big | square dance in | town |
| F#m | C#m | |
| Well my | old radio would play that | old opry show |
| Bm | E | A | |
| So I | never got | lonesome or | blue |
| F#m | C#m | |
| I'd fall as | leep in my chair and dream that | I was right there |
| Bm | B | E | |
| Just | singing the | whole night t | hrough |
| A | |
| When my | folks would come home |
| B | |
| They'd be | humming a song |
| D | E | F#m | |
| Mama'd | smile and say, "C | hild, don't you | know, |
| D | |
| there ain't a | thing in this world to make you |
| A | F#m | B | E | A | E | |
| fall in love | girl, like the | San An | tonio | Stroll | " |
| Same as intro, except twice--- A, B, D, E, A, E |
| A | B | |
| Well the | day finally come when my | mama said, hun |
| D | E | A | E | |
| It's 'bout | time you came | with us as | well |
| A | B | |
| Well I | had me a time, yes I d | anced all the night |
| D | E | A | |
| Til they | rang that ol' | crack-midnight | bell |
| F#m | |
| Then the | lights went down low |
| C#m | |
| The fiddler | picked up his bow |
| Bm | E | A | |
| And he | played something | steady and | slow |
| F#m | C#m | |
| And my | sister Irene and her | husband to be |
| Bm | B | E | |
| They held | hands and be | gan to s | troll |
| A | E | |
| I've been a | way for a while, but it | still brings a smile |
| D | E | F#m | |
| When I | think of the | way that it | goes |
| D | A | F#m | |
| Now I'll | sing it to you just so we | both can | do |
| B | E | A | E | |
| That old | San An | tonio | Stroll |
| (instrumental--exactly like intro, except twice. Also, for the |
| mandolin, instead of ending on the note A, end on F#) |
| (chords for instrumental are: A, B, D, E, A, E, A, B, D, E, F#m) |
| D | A | F#m | |
| Yes I'll | sing it to you just so we | all can | do |
| B | E | A | |
| That old | San An | tonio | Stroll |
| Outro: Same as intro. Chords: A, B, D, E, A |