THERE ONCE WAS
A FARMER
WHO TOOK
A YOUNG MISS
IN BACK OF THE BARN
WHERE HE GAVE HER
A LECTURE ON
HORSES AND CHICKENS
AND EGGS
AND TOLD HER
THAT SHE HAD SUCH
BEAUTIFUL MANNERS
WHICH SUITED A GIRL
OF HER CHARMS
A GIRL THAT HE WANTED
TO TAKE IN HIS WASHING
AND IRONING
AND THEN IF SHE DID
THEY COULD GET MARRIED
AND RAISE LOTS OF
SWEET VIOLETS
SWEETER
THAN ALL THE ROSES
COVERED ALL OVER
FROM HEAD TO TOE
COVERED ALL OVER WITH
SWEET VIOLETS
THE GIRL
TOLD THE FARMER
THAT HE'D BETTER STOP
AND SHE CALLED
HER FATHER
AND HE CALLED A TAXI
WHICH GOT THERE
BEFORE VERY LONG
'CAUSE SOMEONE
WAS DOING
HIS LITTLE GIRL
RIGHT FOR A CHANGE
AND SO THAT'S WHY
HE SAID
IF YOU MARRY HER SON
YOU'RE BETTER OFF
SINGLE
'CAUSE IT'S ALWAYS
BEEN MY BELIEF
THAT MARRIAGE
WILL BRING A MAN
NOTHING BUT
SWEET VIOLETS
SWEETER
THAN ALL THE ROSES
COVERED ALL OVER
FROM HEAD TO TOE
COVERED ALL OVER WITH
SWEET VIOLETS
THE FARMER DECIDED
HE'D WED ANYWAY
AND STARTED
IN PLANNING FOR
HIS WEDDING SUIT
WHICH HE PURCHASED
FOR ONLY ONE BUCK
BUT THEN HE FOUND OUT
HE WAS JUST
OUT OF MONEY
AND SO HE GOT LEFT
IN THE LURCH
STANDING AND WAITING
IN FRONT OF
THE END OF THIS STORY
WHICH JUST GOES
TO SHOW
ALL A GIRL WANTS
FROM A MAN IS HIS
SWEET VIOLETS
SWEETER
THAN ALL THE ROSES
COVERED ALL OVER
FROM HEAD TO TOE
COVERED ALL OVER WITH
SWEET VIOLETS