You asked me if I'd marry you
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And I believe I can
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Though I'm just a young girl
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They say you're a 'decent man'
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I've been raised by mom and daddy
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With a lot of love around
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And that's something I can't live without
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When I move in to town
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You must give me everything
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I had when I was home
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The things I was accoustomed to
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Some treasures of my own
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All the things that daddy give me
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Have become a way of life
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It's not too much to ask
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When a girl becomes a wife
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I'll need a featherbed to lay on
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For my flower bed, a hoe
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A churn to make fresh butter
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And I'll need a radio
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A gingham dress for Sundays
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And my legs cannot be bare
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A petticoat with ruffles
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And some ribbons for my hair
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Pretty curtains for my kitchen
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Iron skillets that I'll need
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A swing out on the front porch
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And I Bible I can read
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(Instrumental)
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I know you'll be like daddy
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When a baby comes in time
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You'll surely build a cradle
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And learn a nursery rhyme
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I'll try to be like mama
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Not a woman of the world
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And we'll live in love together
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With our little boy or girl
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I'll need a featherbed to lay on
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For my flower bed, a hoe
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A churn to make fresh butter
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And I'll need a radio
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A gingham dress for Sundays
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And my legs cannot be bare
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A petticoat with ruffles
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And some ribbons for my hair
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Pretty curtains for my kitchen
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Iron skillets that I'll need
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A swing out on the front porch
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And I Bible I can read.
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When A Girl Becomes A Wife
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| Tammy Wynette |
