Man: Now down on the farm, everything that you did, it seemed so right somehow, Like the way you always warmed your hands before you milked the cow. Woman: And that old mule, he upped and kicked me in the head one day, Man: The tears rolled down my cheeks as I saw the poor mule limp away.
Woman: That day you helped the poor old lady across the street in the snow, Man: Believe me it wasn't easy, she didn't wanna go. Woman: I said I didn't smoke or drink, and that necking was unwise, Man: I said, "What do you do then?" and you answered, "I tell lies."
Chorus Both: Ah, but those days are far behind me, They're in the long ago, They only serve to remind me, Just how I love you so.
[repeat introduction]
Man: I came 'round your house a-courtin', late on a Saturday night, Woman: I said, "I don't wanna see you," Man: So I switched out the light. Woman: Later that night you banged on my door and started to holler and shout, You kicked up such a rumpus that I had to let you out.
Into that faithful wedding by my father you were goaded, Man: That marriage was illegal, the shotgun wasn't loaded. Last week I caught you with the butcher, you were kissin' and cuddlin' and such, Oh how could you kiss the butcher when we owe the milkman so much.