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 man 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 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 you don't understand

How a heart so young can 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 wintertime has come and their work is all done

That’s why they are moving away

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 darling helped me save