Sweet Violets

Sweet violets
 Sweeter than all the roses
 Covered all over from head to toe
 Covered all over with Sweet violets
 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 all 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 doin' 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
 Standin' and waitin' in front of the
 End of the story which just goes to show
 All a girl wants from a man is his
 Sweet violets
 Sweeter than all the roses
 Covered all over from head to toe
 Covered all over with sweet violets