WE GOT HER BACK IN 63
A GIFT TO US FROM GRANDPA E
A SHETLAND SHE WAS DAPPLE GRAY
WITH A FLAXEN TAIL AND MANE
MY COUSINS AND MY SIS AND I
WE ALL TOOK OUR TURN TO RIDE
TILL WE OUTGREW THAT LITTLE MARE
IF THERE'S A HEAVEN SHE IS THERE
AND SHE LEFT HOOFPRINTS
ON MY HEART
HOOFPRINTS
ON MY HEART
SOME WERE SORREL SOME WERE GRAY
THE ONES I'VE LOVED ALONG THE WAY
ARABIAN A QUARTER HORSE
GOD WILLIN I'LL LOVE MANY MORE
SO MANY YEARS HAVE COME AND GONE
MY LOVE FOR THEM IS JUST AS STRONG
IN THE SWEET BY AND BY
IN THAT GREAT PASTURE IN THE SKY
THEY ALL LEFT HOOFPRINTS
ON MY HEART
HOOFPRINTS….ON MY HEART
TO KINDRED SPIRITS EVERYWHERE
THIS KIND OF LOVE WE FEEL IS RARE
SOMEDAY TOGETHER WE WILL RIDE
AND THANK THE HORSES IN OUR LIVES
WHO LEFT HOOFPRINTS…ON OUR HEARTS