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 girl

Just like the girl who married dear old Dad

She was a pearl

And the only girl that Daddy ever had

A real old fashioned girl with heart so true

One who loves nobody else but you

Oh I want a girl

Just like the girl that married dear old Dad

By the old mill stream there sits a couple old and gray

Thgough 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 evening breezes sigh

They're as happy as can be

So that's the kind of love for me

I want a girl

Just like the girl that married dear old Dad

She was a pearl

And the only girl that Daddy ever had

A real old fashioned girl with heart so true

One who loves nobody else but you

I want a girl

Just like the girl that married dear old Dad