“If I could recall all the heartaches
Dear old daddy, I’ve caused you to bear
If I could erase those lines from your face
And bring back the gold to your hair
If God would but grant me the power
Just to turn back the pages of time
I’d give all I own if I could but atone
To that silver-haired daddy of mine.”
—Gene Autry and Jimmy Long, That Silver-haired Daddy Of Mine, 1932.