Sweet Violets

There once was a farmer who took a young miss
Out back of the barn where he gave her a ...
Lecture on horses and cattle and eggs
And told she had the most wonderful ...
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 all the roses
Covered all over from head to toe
Covered all over with sweet violets

The girl told the farmer that he better quit
Then she called her father and he took a ...
Taxi and got there before very long
'Cause someone was treating his little girl ...
Right for a change and so that's why he said
If you marry my daughter, you're better off ...
Single, for son it has 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