Rodney Dillard and Mitch Jayne wrote an additional verse (see around the 4:00 mark here).. It most assuredly adds to the "That one always makes you cry, Pa!" factor. ;-)
Funny how this song's lyrics mean a lot more some fifty years later. It's tough to believe that people so young could've written the lyrics to begin with. Definitely a gift.
19 posted on 06/02/2017 2:22:33 PM PDT by Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)