[D]
Sweet Violets
[A7]
Sweeter than the roses
Covered all over from head to toe
[D] [G] [D]
Covered all over with sweet violets
[D] [A7]
There once was a farmer who took a young miss
[A7]
In back of the barn where he gave her a
[D] [A7]
Lecture on horses and chickens and eggs
[A7]
And told her that she had such beautiful
[D] [A7]
Manners that suited a girl of her charms
[A7]
A girl that he wanted to take in his
[D] [A7]
Washing and ironing and then if she did
[A7]
They could get married and raise lots of
[D]
Sweet Violets
[A7]
Sweeter than the roses
Covered all over from head to toe
[D] [G] [D]
Covered all over with sweet violets
[D] [A7]
The girl told the farmer that he'd better stop
[A7]
And she call her father and he called a
[D] [A7]
Taxi and got there before very long
[A7]
'Cause some one was doin' his little girl
[D] [A7]
Right for a change and so that's why he said
[A7]
If you marry her son, you're better off
[D] [A7]
Single 'cause it's always been my belief
[A7]
Marriage will bring a man nothing but
[D]
Sweet Violets
[A7]
Sweeter than the roses
Covered all over from head to toe
[D] [G] [D]
Covered all over with sweet violets
[D] [A7]
The farmer decided he'd wed anyway
[A7]
And started in planning for his wedding
[D] [A7]
Suit which he purchased for only one buck
[A7]
But then he found out he was just out of
[D] [A7]
Money and so he got left in the lurch
[A7]
A standin' and waitin' in front of the
[D] [A7]
End of the story which just goes to show
[A7]
All a girl wants from a man is his
[D]
Sweet Violets
[A7]
Sweeter than the roses
Covered all over from head to toe
[D] [G] [D]
Covered all over with sweet violets
