Sweet Violets

Cy Coben and Charles R. Grean

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Sw	eet violets

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Sweeter than all the r	oses

Covered all over from head to toe

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Covered all over with Sw	eet violets

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There	once was a farmer who took a young m	iss

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In back of the barn where he gave her a l	ecture

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On horses and chickens and	eggs

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And told her that she had such beautiful m	anners

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That suited a girl of her ch	arms

A girl that he wanted to take in his

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W	ashing and ironing and then if she d	id

They could get married and raise lots of

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Sw	eet violets

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Sweeter than all the r	oses

Covered all over from head to toe

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Covered all over with sw	eet violets

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The g	irl told the farmer that he'd better st	op

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And she called her father and he called a t	axi

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And got there before very l	ong

‘Cause someone was doin' his little girl

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R	ight for a change and so that's why he s	aid

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“If you marry her son, you're better off s	ingle

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“‘Cause it's always been my bel	ief

“Marriage will bring a man nothing but”

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Sw	eet violets

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Sweeter than all the r	oses

Covered all over from head to toe

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Covered all over with Sw	eet violets

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The f	armer decided he'd wed anyw	ay

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And started in planning for his wedding s	uit

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Which he purchased for only one b	uck

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But then he found out he was just out of m	oney

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And so he got left in the l	urch

Standin' and waitin' in front of the

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End of the story which just goes to sh	ow

All a girl wants from a man is his

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Sw	eet violets

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Sweeter than all the r	oses

Covered all over from head to toe

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Covered all over with Sw	eet violets

Dinah Shore
https://youtu.be/LtnLvrmyh3E

Mitch Miller
https://youtu.be/6A35rHifDG8