Elma Turl is a beautiful girl
And I’d love to have her for my wife
She’s just the kind of woman
That could make me happy for the rest of my life
My daddy said, “Son there’s something you don’t know
And I think it’s something you ought’er
Elma Turl’s a beautiful girl
But son, she’s my daughter.”
Alice Green, she’s a beautiful thing
And I’d love to have her for my wife
She’s just the kind of woman
That could make me happy for the rest of my life
But my daddy said, “Son there’s something you don’t know
And I think it’s something you ought’er
Alice Green, she’s a beautiful thing
But son, she’s my daughter.”
Well, I been around the whole dern county
Like a buck huntin’ for a doe
But it seems every girl that I’d like to marry
Is a wild oat my daddy sowed
So I went to my mama with my head turned down
She asked me what the matter could be
I told her my problem and she took my hand
She said, son now listen to me.
You see your daddy was such a good lookin’ young man
And like an eager , young stallion horse
His blood ran hot, so you can’t blame him
For lettin’ mother nature take its course
But you got no reason to be upset
Don’t you fret, don’t you worry, don’t bother
You see your daddy ain’t your daddy
Though he thinks he is
So you can marry whoever you wanna
