Daddy Songtext
von Reba McEntire

My daddy is a rancher
He′s wrangled cattle dang near all his life
He also likes to rodeo
He traveled 'round with four kids and a wife
Well, his old ranch is rocky
But his ropes held smooth for several years
He worked real hard and roped real good
And tried to get his ranch out in the clear

He didn′t want us kids to rodeo
He wanted more out of life for us
Maybe banking or a lawyer
Or maybe even driving some old bus
That's when we took up singing
And his pride grew greater day by day
And I know his eyes grew misty
The night I sang up on the Opry stage


Now his ranch is so much bigger
Than the days when he first started
The grass grows now where none used to be
His roping got him started
Cattle prices made it better
And he's trying to get his ranch out in the clear

Five years ago September
He bought more steers and hung up all his ropes
But he often tells the stories
About the rodeos he won and cowboy jokes
Well, it′s funny that the first big roping
That he won some thirty years ago
Was the same day that I sang on the stage
Of the Grand Ole Opry show

Now his ranch is so much bigger
Than the days when he first started
The grass grows now where none used to be
His roping got him started
Cattle prices made it better
And he′s trying to get his ranch out in the clear

Now he's feeding cattle
Totin′ hay and branding the mules

And his hired hands start to help him
And she also cooks their meals when they get home


They built their ranch together
And listened to their kids sing through the years
Well, they worked real hard and roped real good
Now they got their ranch out in the clear
Because when a family works together
They finally get their ranch out in the clear
Out in the clear