key of A 
 

Intro notes for Mandolin:  
A , Ab , Gb , E , Gb , E , Ab , A , A , Ab , Gb , 

Gb , Ab , A , B , A , Ab A 
 

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

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