I THOUGHT HE WALKED ON WATER

Several years ago Randy Travis sang a song that Allen Shamblin had written, entitled, "He Walked On Water!" He says of this song, "I fell in love with this song when I first heard it. It reminded me so much of my grandpa. ...Let’s look at the simple words of that song:

He Walked On Water!

"He wore starched white shirts buttoned at the neck

He’d sit in the shade and watch the chickens peck

His teeth were gone but what the heck

I thought that he walked on water

Said he was a cowboy when he was young

Could handle a rope and he was good with a gun

And my momma’s daddy was his oldest son

And I thought that he walked on water

If the story is told only heaven knows

But his hat seemed to me like an old halo

And though his wings they were never seen

I thought that he walked on water

He tied a cord to the end of a mop

Said, "Son, here’s a pony, keep her at a trot"

I’d ride in circles while he laughed a lot

Then I’d flop down beside him

He was

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