She Walked Beside the Wagon

She felt the cold and dreary wind Chill her to the bone. Through the Oklahoma dust Before there was a road. Determination on her face, And aching in her feet With all hope gone She still walked on In to History. She walked beside the wagon, And she held her head up high. If she walked beside the wagon... So can I... So can I... Mama tells the story How she watched it on T.V. Jackie John and Caroline And a nation on its knees. Six white horses pulled him home In a wagon painted black. Jackie walked beside him though He's not coming back. She walked beside the wagon, And she held her head up high. If she walked beside the wagon... So can I... So can I... Jesse's calling from the street "Mommy, please come and see?" A radio flier fire red "Mommy please pull me?" I've been working over time For a day like today. Making sure that Jesse knows He can always say... "She walked beside the wagon, And she held her head up high. If she walked beside the wagon... So can I... So can I..." So can I... So can I...