My Old Pal - Merle Haggard, The Strangers

I’m thinking of you tonight old pal and wishing that you were here

I’m dreaming of the time and the days gone by when you filled my heart with

cheer

I remember the nights when all alone we sang Sweet Adeline*

No other face can take your place in my heart old pal of mine

The old pals are always the best you see new friends you can find every day

But they can’t fill the places or ever be like the old pals of yesterday

(in the original, Mr. Rodgers yodels)

I’m wondering just where you are tonight and if you ever think of me

It would make my weary heart so light sweetheart your face again to see

But in my checkered life I find nothing comes right it seems

Still you’ll always be a pal of mine though it may be only in dreams

The old pals are always…