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Daddy

This version of Daddy was released by Reba Mcentire in 1979.

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My daddy is a rancher
He’s wrangled cattle dang near all his life
He also liked to rodeo
He traveled around with four kids and a wife

Well his old ranch is rocky
But his ropes sail 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

Well 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
Then 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 Old Opry show

Now his ranch is so much bigger
Then 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
Toting hay
And branding the Y.O.
And his hired hand’s there to help him
And she also cooks their meals when they get home
They built their ranch together
And listening to the kids sing through the years

Well they worked real hard and roped real good and 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

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Reba Mcentire has released many songs over the years besides Daddy. Reba Mcentire released songs from 1977 to 2007 spanning across albums like Reba McEntire, Out Of A Dream, Feel The Fire, Heart To Heart, Unlimited, Behind The Scene, My Kind Of Country, Just A Little Love, Have I Got A Deal For You, Whoever's In New England, Reba Nell McEntire, What Am I Gonna Do About You, The Last One To Know, Reba, Sweet Sixteen, Rumor Has It, For My Broken Heart, It's Your Call, Read My Mind, Starting Over, What If It's You, If You See Him, So Good Together, Room To Breathe, and Reba: Duets. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Reba Mcentire.

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About Lyrics and Daddy by Reba Mcentire

The lyrics to Daddy are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Reba Mcentire used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Daddy have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Reba Mcentire and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Daddy by Reba Mcentire. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Daddy" means the words set to the music of Daddy, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Reba Mcentire. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Daddy and the lyrics to Daddy are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Reba Mcentire who came here looking just for the lyrics to Daddy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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