Standing in the meadow with a yellow dress on (He loves me he loves me not) Picking pretty flower petals one by one (He loves me he loves me not) He told her on a Tuesday he would come (He loves me he loves me not) Wednesday morning she was still alone (He loves me he loves me not) hooo-oo-hoo
Dancing in the town hall, no one's there (oh oh, do-see-doe) With a purple gingham bow in her hair (round and round she goes) Everybody knows that her lover is gone (whoa, where'd he go) But the poor girl keeps telling everyone (oh oh, oh oh oh)
Chorus: Why oh why, would he lie to a loving heard like mine? I'll wait a little longer now he'll be coming over the hill hooo-oo-hoo
Hanging his clothes out on the line (oh oh, carefully) Full of holes and turpentine (I know they're watching me) A cotton duvet filled with down (Used to keep him warm) And a fourteen-year-old wedding gown (never ever worn)
Br: he should not have told me that he was leaving me (for another) I could not stop the fury that came over me (oh my lover) Now God is my jury and Love is my witness
Standing in the meadow with a yellow dress on Pulling up daisies one by one Put 'em in a jar by the windowsill Underneath the flower bed he lies still
Chorus: Why, oh why, would he lie To a loving heard like mine Wait a little longer now, he'll come running over the hill hooo-oo-hoo