When I was a boy my mother often said to me Get married boy and see how happy you will be I have looked all over, but no girlie can I find, Who seems to be just like the little girl I have in mind, I will have to look around until the right one I have found. I want a good girl, just like the girl that married dear old Dad She was a pearl and the only girl that Daddy ever had, A good old fashioned girl with heart so true, One who loves nobody else but you, I want a good girl, just like the girl that married dear old Dad. By the old mill stream there sit a couple old and gray, Though years have rolled away, their hearts are young today. Mother dear looks up at Dad with love light in her eye, He steals a kiss, a fond embrace, while ev'ning breezes sigh, They're as happy as can be, so that's the kind of love for me. I want a good girl, just like the girl that married dear old Dad She was a pearl and the only girl that Daddy ever had, A good old fashioned girl with heart so true, One who loves nobody else but you, I want a good girl, just like the girl that married dear old Dad.