Long ago, when I was small Before computers and TV We made it with hardly anything at all How we did, is hard for me to see We had coal oil lights and heating stoves Lanterns and hand pumped water wells Stacked firewood in long, long rows It was not easy I am here to tell And when you were sick The doctor came to see you Most people couldnt get to town So the town came to you We had the huckster man every few days Brought candy, coal-oil, cough syrup and shoe strings A few farm fresh eggs paid our way So we did get some extra things Some pine for the good ole days I have lived both then and now Considering all in I say The good ole days are right now