Oh Agnes, won't you go with me?
We'll be married in style
And we'll cross Lake Michigan, so blue and so wild
We'll cross over Lake Michigan 'til we come to the shore
And our orchards will blossom for our babies as they're born
Oh yes, I will go with you, leave Wisconsin behind
Though my parents think little of my life on a farm
Oh, to leave the gay city life to be buried on a farm
But I'll watch the orchards bloom in spring
Spend the winter's warm in your arms
And it's Agnes, won't you go with me?
We'll be married in style
And we'll cross Lake Michigan, so blue and so wild
We'll cross over Lake Michigan 'til we come to the shore
And our orchards will blossom for our babies as they're born
Three children he gave her, Curtis, Addie and Dee
And their fourth child, little Gussie, came ten years after these
And she raised them with loving hand and with firmness of mind
And she raised them through troubled times
Agnes strong-willed and kind
And it's Agnes, won't you go with me?
We'll be married in style
And we'll cross Lake Michigan, so blue and so wild
We'll cross over Lake Michigan 'til we come to the shore
And our orchards will blossom for our babies as they're born
Now three score years have gone and past like the fruit on the trees
And your children have children with babes on their knees
And they all join in the summertime on the crystal lake shore
To greet lovely Agnes, now 12 years and four score
And it's Agnes, won't you go with me?
We'll be married in style
And we'll cross Lake Michigan, so blue and so wild
We'll cross over Lake Michigan 'til we come to the shore
And our orchards will blossom for our babies as they're born