WHEN I WAS A BOY MY MOTHER OFTEN SAID TO ME,
GET MARRIED BOY AND SEE, HOW HAPPY YOU WILL BE,
I HAVE LOOKED ALL OVER, BUT NO GIRLIE CAN I FIND,
WHO SEEMS TO BE JUST LIKE THE LITTLE GIRL I HAVE IN MIND.
I WILL HAVE TO LOOK AROUND UNTIL THE RIGHT ONE I HAVE FOUND.
I WANT A GIRL JUST LIKE THE GIRL THAT MARRIED DEAR OLD DAD,
SHE WAS A PEARL AND THE ONLY GIRL THAT DADDY EVER HAD.
A GOOD OLD FASHIONED GIRL WITH HEART SO TRUE,
ONE WHO LOVES NOBODY ELSE BUT YOU
I WANT A GIRL JUST LIKE THE GIRL THAT MARRIED DEAR OLD DAD.
BY THE OLD MILL STREAM THERE SITS A COUPLE OLD AND GRAY,
THOUGH YEARS HAVE ROLLED AWAY, THEIR HEARTS ARE YOUNG AND GAY,
MOTHER DEAR LOOKS UP AT DAD WITH LOVE-LIGHT IN HER EYE,
HE STEALS A KISS, A FOND EMBRACE, WHILE EV'NING BREEZES SIGH;
I WANT A GIRL JUST LIKE THE GIRL THAT MARRIED DEAR OLD DAD,
SHE WAS A PEARL AND THE ONLY GIRL THAT DADDY EVER HAD.
A GOOD OLD FASHIONED GIRL WITH HEART SO TRUE,
ONE WHO LOVES NOBODY ELSE BUT YOU
I WANT A GIRL JUST LIKE THE GIRL THAT MARRIED DEAR OLD DAD.
