A careful man I want to be;
A little girl, she follows me.
I do not dare to go astray
For fear she'll go the self- same way.
I cannot once escape her eyes,
Whate'er she sees me do, she tries.
Like me she says she's going to be;
The little girl who follows me.
She thinks that I'm so very fine,
Believes in every word of mine.
The base in me she must not see;
The little girl who follows me.
I must remember as I go
Through summer's sun and winter's snow,
I'm building for the years to be;
The little girl who follows me.
