key of A5 
 

Intro notes for Mandolin:  
A5 , Ab5 , Gb5 , E5 , Gb5 , E5 , Ab5 , A5 , A5 , Ab5 , Gb5 , 

Gb5 , Ab5 , A5 , B5 , A5 , Ab5 A5 
 

Intro with guitar:  one strum each of first four chords} 
A5 , B5 , D5 , E5  
then open up full strum-- 
A5 , B5 , D5 , E5 , A5 , E5 
 
A5                          B5 
When I was a child down in South Caroline 
           D5        E5           A5   E5 
Soon's the Saturday sun went on down 
             A5                            B5 
My folks and sister would go and leave me home all alone 
      D5           E5               A5 
Going to that big square dance in town 
        F#5                       C#5 
Well my old radio would play that old opry show 
     B5        E5           A5 
So I never got lonesome or blue 
           F#5                            C#5 
I'd fall asleep in my chair and dream that I was right there 
     B5          B5            E5 
Just singing the whole night through 
        A5                     
When my folks would come home 
          B5 
They'd be humming a song 
       D5                E5               F#5 
Mama'd smile and say, "Child, don't you know, 
              D5                   
there ain't a thing in this world to make you 
A5            F#5            B5     E5     A5     E5 
fall in love girl, like the San Antonio Stroll" 
 
Same as intro, except twice | --- 
A5 , B5 , D5 , E5 , A5 , E5 
 
         A5                        B5 
Well the day finally come when my mama said, hun 
           D5             E5          A5    E5 
It's 'bout time you came with us as well 
       A5                     B5 
Well I had me a time, yes I danced all the night 
         D5             E5              A5 
Til they rang that ol' crack-midnight bell 
         F#5                 
Then the lights went down low 
            C#5 
The fiddler picked up his bow 
       B5               E5          A5 
And he played something steady and slow 
       F#5                  C#5 
And my sister Irene and her husband to be 
          B5          B5       E5 
They held hands and began to stroll 
           A5                       E5 
I've been away for a while, but it still brings a smile 
       D5            E5           F#5 
When I think of the way that it goes 
         D5                         A5        F#5 
Now I'll sing it to you just so we both can do 
         B5     E5     A5     E5 
That old San Antonio Stroll 
 
(instrumental--exactly like intro, except twice.  Also, for the 

mandolin, instead of ending on the note 
A5 , end on F#5 ) 
(chords for instrumental are:  
A5 , B5 , D5 , E5 , A5 , E5 , A5 , B5 , D5 , E5 , F#5 ) 
 
         D5                         A5       F#5 
Yes I'll sing it to you just so we all can do 
         B5     E5     A5 
That old San Antonio Stroll 
 
Outro:  Same as intro.  Chords:  
A5 , B5 , D5 , E5 , A5