When a man has a son
Like my son John
He's a man who can smile
When he talks
And his eyes have a sparkle
And he walks with his head held high

When a man has a son
Like my son John
He must die for the fear
In his breast
When his only little fledgling
Want's to test his wings and fly

And it's my son John
Who will fly one day
Have a wife someday
And a son someday
And I know he will say
Like his father by and by

Oh my daughters maybe 
The pride of their mother
But no two men are as proud
Of each other
As my son John and I

Oh my daughters maybe 
The pride of their mother
But no two men are as proud
Of each other
As my son John and I

