Marriage is a sacrament, a duty and a joy The blessed union of a girl and boy It's caring and it's sharing through the good times and the rough But pretty soon the husband finds enough is not enough A man must have his mate A groom must have his bride Plus a little something on the side Just to be respectable a fellow takes a wife Though she's sweet and soft and gentle he needs something supplemental Someone who can give his life that little extra vim Someone that'll be doing what his wife won't do for him Somebody to satisfy that slightly wayward whim Just a little something on the side Something on the side, something on the side Something on the quiet that can always be denied Someone to embrace far from the place where you reside Just a little something on the side A genty says to me 'How'd you like to be. Be my little something on the side?' In a little love nest on the far side of the town We can play at slap and tickle Hide the sausage, dunk the pickle I said 'Right dear, I'll be chill if you have got the jack What I've got is yours dear if you'd like to have a crack' Now he has me on me front and sometimes on me back And sometimes we try something on the side Something on the side, something on the side Something on the quiet that can always be denied Someone to embrace far from the place where you reside Just a little something on the side Who can tell us why a little sugar pie Is always twice as sweet when it's eaten on the slide A wife is very nice but you've not lived until you've tried Just a little something on the surreptitious side A diddle diddle dumpling A little tumpa tumphing Just a little something on the side