When I was a boy my mother often said to me
Get married boy and see
How happy you will be
I have looked all over, but no girlie can I find
Who seems to be just like the little girl I have in mind
I will have to look around
Until the right one I have found
I want a girl
Just like the girl who married dear old Dad
She was a pearl
And the only girl that Daddy ever had
A real old fashioned girl with heart so true
One who loves nobody else but you
Oh I want a girl
Just like the girl that married dear old Dad
By the old mill stream there sits a couple old and gray
Thgough years have rolled away
Their hearts are young today
Mother Dear looks up at Dad with love light in her eye
He steals a kiss, a fond embrace
While evening breezes sigh
They're as happy as can be
So that's the kind of love for me
I want a girl
Just like the girl that married dear old Dad
She was a pearl
And the only girl that Daddy ever had
A real old fashioned girl with heart so true
One who loves nobody else but you
I want a girl
Just like the girl that married dear old Dad