I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)

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.