He was just a little farm lad, so busy at play   With his little playmate outside 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 men swiftly walked to the cottage door   He knew they were strangers that came from the town   Men he had never seen before      They soon went to work when 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, you don't understand   How a heart so young could conceive a plan   I'm only seven now but it's just like you say   Daddy, someday I'll be a man      The man who owns the farm where your playmates do live   He told me it'd have to be this way   For winter time has come and the work is all done   That's why they are moving today      Let us buy the farm so they can stay   And give them all the toys that dear Santa gave   And give them all my pennies in my little piggy bank   Pennies that my darlin' help me save