This piece usually has a harmonica accompaniment:

When I was a kid, every once in a while
We used to go, back to the lake

A place Daddy Jess, Great Grand Dad made
Frank Roat and Uncle Jack, hit a nail or two

Ma and Pa would drive, nonstop to Michigan
Gas station ding-ding, it’s a Bireley’s break

Sometime in late summer, whole family’d arrive
Aunt Katherine, Auntie Grete, and Uncle Harold

We’d have big feasts on the lawn by the lake
Tossin’ cobs over shoulder, for a squirrel to enjoy

No time to be bored with Aunt Geri around
Catchin’ snappin’ turtles, playin’ Chinese Checkers

Evenin’ rolls ‘round, Kate’s comin’ on down
Pile in the pontoon, for a sunset cruise

Floatin’ on the Lake lookin’ over the side
Darkness abounds, but light from above

We had such family, all gathered around
Somethin’ like goin’ to Court Street Church

When I was a kid, every once in a while
I used to go, back to the Lake

But we don’t go back there no more.