Today’s post was written by Paul.
Pap
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there! Recently Mr. Jamie Shook was kind enough to come sing the old song “That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine” with me.
It’s a great song that can stand as a solo, but it’s much better with Jamie’s close harmony.
Having been blessed with a wonderful, patient, supportive father, I greatly identify with the words of this song. I was in my early teens the first time I ever heard it, and I felt a pang of guilt because I knew full well that, just like the speaker in the song, my immaturity and selfishness at times had caused Pap unnecessary worry and difficulties. I knew too that Pap never complained or loved me any less for it.
According to Google, Jimmy Long wrote this song and released it as a duet with Cliff Keiser in 1930. Gene Autry recorded and released it in 1932. The song didn’t really take off or garner much attention until Autry sang it in a couple of movies in 1935, Phantom Empire and Tumbling Tumbleweeds.
It was later recorded by several great acts like the Everly Brothers and the Whitstein Brothers.
Somewhere, I have a cassette of Pap and his brother, Ray, singing it. If I can find it, maybe I will share it for Father’s Day 2026. Thanks for watching, and we hope you enjoyed this musical tribute to loving fathers!
Paul
Original singles released on Spotify.
Shepherd of My Soul (Album released in 2016).
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We have That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine on our MP3 player. My Daddy’s hair was still dark when he passed on, and I never gave him any heartaches. He’s been gone over 50 years, and I still miss him.
I love this old song. I remember hearing it first mabey 50 yr ago. My husband learned it & picked it out on his guitar. It meant alot to both us. We had wonderful, kind gentlemen for our Daddys, just like you did Paul. It takes some years of wisdom to realize the heartache we put our folks thru. But that’s how we learn & grow. Thanx for this tribute.
I remember hearing Gene Autry sing it in one of his movies. A Chattanooga TV station aired old black & white movies late 50’s. Saw a lot of Gene and Roy Rogers
Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day! Thank you for sharing that sweet song! Brought tears to my eyes as I’m sure I pained my daddy greatly at times. As with you, he loved me anyway.
Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there! It’s a shame that the majority of children in the world do not truly appreciated their daddys until their are gone. Being a daddy is a huge responsibility and those shoes are hard to fill by the children left behind. Please love on & appreciate your daddy today if he is still in this world because it will mean so much to him. God bless every daddy today!
Happy Father’s Day Matt – and to all daddy’s, grampa’s, stepdaddies, and those in single daddy roles. I still miss mine who passed in 1991.
Happy Father’s Day! Love the song! Miss my dad. I think of him when I hear one of his favorite hymns,” This is My Fathers World”. God bless
Thank you for sharing this beautiful song this morning. Your voices were so wonderful together. I am missing my own dad today. He passed away just five months ago as I held his hand, and sang old hymns to him. I feel so fortunate to have been there, and know he is happy now and not in pain—but it still hurts. I wish every dad out there a very Happy Father’s Day. Enjoy every minute.
Another song that has a lot of meaning to me when I think of my Daddy is Daddy’s Hands by Holly Dunn. I think the words of the song would be a good description of my Daddy, I have lived without him since January 20, 1991.
That’s a beautiful rendition; thank you for sharing. I used to have the LP it was on by the Everly Brothers.
Happy Father’s Day!
Paul, how I enjoyed your rendition of this old song. I have many wonderful memories of my father who passed away in 1972 at the age of 43. My father was a godly man, and I, being only 23 at the time didn’t appreciate many of the things he was trying to teach me. I was stubborn and very hard headed and caused him lots of problems. I would give anything if I could go back in time and tell him how much I loved him and how much I appreciate what he did for me. Today, fifty-three years, later, things look a lot different to me, and I understand what my dad was trying to do. He wanted me to make something out of myself and to do better in life than he had. I wish I had understood that then. Anyway, for all the fathers out there today, I hope you have a happy Father’s Day.
Thanks Paul, ive never heard this song before. My dad’s been gone for 21 years. Like you Paul it made me feel some guilt also for the worry I caused my dad when I was young. I’m 72 now and on the other side of the equation. I love my kids and grandkids. I’ve worried a lot over them but that’s what dads do.
Happy Father’s Day to all the Fathers. I like to say most men can be fathers, but many can’t be or will not be a Daddy. My wife would cry anytime she heard this song, even though she never gave her father anything to worry about. My father in law was one of my best friends. My Daddy was a poor, plain simple Christian man that didn’t have a lot of school education but had an encyclopedia full of common sense. He would do without for himself to see that his family had the necessities they needed. He quit school in the eighth grade to help work with his sharecropper Daddy. I only hope I have been half the Daddy he was to my family. My oldest grandson that I helped raise works the graveyard shift and has not had a day off since Easter, texted me at 2 o’clock this morning to wish me Happy Father’s Day and tell me he loved me, my younger 19 year old grandson is in the bedroom across the hall from me as I write this. He came to spend the weekend with me while his daddy is out of town. My son is working today but I will also hear from him. These 3 boys is what keeps me trying to go on without my wife. I have wrote before about how I like to tease, on my last Father’s Day with my daughter before she died gave me a card that said she was who she was because of me, I teased her and told her she was not blaming it on me. I will never forget how much we both laughed together about me saying that. I think about it each year.