There's a girl that's close to me,
she's as sweet as she can be
She never had a beau in all her life
If she'll be good to me and as sweet as she can be
I might ask her to be my little wife
For marrying is alright for those who love to fight
But a single life's good enough for me
If you marry and settle down by the law
Then you are bound,
then you give your right eye to be free
Your lady,
lady, lady, lady, lady Your lady,
lady, lady,
lady, lady
I think I'll settle down in some little
country town And live all alone all my life
Then if I want to run around in some other
little town I won't have to take no little
wife For marrying is alright for those who love
to fight But a single life's good enough for me
If you marry and settle down by the law Then you are bound,
then you give your right
eye to be free
For marrying is alright for those who love to fight
But a single life's good enough for me
If you marry and settle down by the law
Then you are bound,
then you give your right eye to be free