Little Boy and the Old Man

"Little Boy and the Old Man" is a song with words and music by Wayne Shanklin, first recorded by Frankie Laine and Jimmy Boyd in 1953.^[1][2]

"Little Boy and the Old Man"
Song
Released	1953 (1953)
Songwriter(s)	Wayne Shanklin

In 1956, a new version of the song with French lyrics by René Rouzand, "L'Homme et L'Enfant," was used in the soundtrack for the French film of the same name.^[3] The French lyrics were subsequently adapted into a third version of the song, "Little Child,"^[4] released by as well as Eddie Albert and Sondra Lee on Kapp Records in January 1956, their rendition reached number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1956.^[5][6] Cab Calloway and his daughter Lael Calloway also released a version on ABC-Paramount which charted at number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1956.^[7][8]