Said a little girl so frail
I'm following in your footsteps
And I don't want to fail.
And sometimes they are hard to see
So walk a little plainer, mommy
for you are leading me.
I know that once you walked this way
many years ago
And what you did along the way
I'd really like to know
For sometimes when I'm tempted
I don't know what to do
So walk a little plainer mommy
for I must follow you.
Someday when I'm grown up
You are like I want to be
Then I will have a little girl
who will want to follow me
And I would want to lead her right
And help her to be true
So walk a little plainer mommy
for 'we' must follow you.