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