He was just a little farm lad so busy at play   In his little play house down by the gate   He stopped to watch a truck that was parking next door   At the home of his tiny playmate.      Then he saw his Daddy watching too   As the man swiftly walked to the cottage door   He knew they were strangers that come from the town   Men he had never seen before.      They soon were at their work and he heard his Daddy say   Our neighbors are moving today   Oh no, he cried dear God don't let it be   They can't take my sweetheart away.      I know Dad that you don't understand   How a heart so young can conceive a plan   I'm only seven now but it's just like you said   Dad someday I'll be a man.      The man who runs the farm where your playmate now lives   He told me it'd have to be this way   For winter time has come and their work is all done   So now they are moving away.      Let us buy the farm so they can stay   Give them all my toys that dear Santa gave   And give him the pennies in my little bank   Pennies that my darling helped me save...