As I went out one mornin' to greet the pleasant air
La le Too Dum, Too Dum, La La Too Dum Day
As I went out one mornin' to greet the pleasant air
I overheard a mother scolding her daughter fair
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You better go wash them dishes and hush your flatterin' tongue
La le Too Dum, Too Dum, La La Too Dum Day
You better go wash them dishes and hush your flatterin' tongue
You know you wanna get married, that you are too young
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Well pity my condition just like you would your own
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Pity my condition just like you would your own
Fourteen long year I been living all alone
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Well supposin' I was willin', where would you get a man?
La le Too Dum, Too Dum, La La Too Dum Day
Well supposin' I was willin', where would you get a man?
Oh lord have mercy mama, I could marry that handsome Dan
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Why theres tinkers and tailors and boys from the plow
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Tinkers and tailors and boys from the plow
Oh lord have mercy Mama, I'm getting that feeling now
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Yes theres doctors and lawyers, and men of high degree
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Doctors and lawyers, and men of high degree
Some of them wants to marry, one to marry me
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Well now my daughters married, shes well for to do
La le Too Dum, Too Dum, La le Too Dum Day
Now my daughters married, shes well for to do
I'll gather round young fellers, I'm on the market too
La le Too Dum, Too Dum, La le Too Dum Day