Sweet Violets 1951 Dinah Shore

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 April 2012
2012

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
that 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 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
and 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,
Marriage will bring a man nothing but

Sweet Violets
Sweeter than 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 the roses.
Covered all over from head to toe
covered all over with Sweet Violets.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Sweet Violets 1951 Dinah Shore
by Cy Coben & Charles Green
© MCMLI by Edwin H.Morris & Company Inc.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 27 April 2012 at 21.36
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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