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