Came a young man courting me
Sweetest boy you’ve ever seen
He would take me anywhere wahed his face and combed his hair
And his hands were always so clean
Then one day he gave to me
Sweetest ring you’ve ever seen
I wore white and he wore black, now there ain’t no turning back
Preacher did the ceremony

And this house he built for me
Sweetest house you’ve ever seen
Cool by day and warm by night, trim was blue the walls were white
And the grass around it was green
The grass it was green

There is not a day gone by I regret being your wife
There is not a thing that I would change about my life
There is nothing we ain’t got we need to carry on
There is nothing freer than a song

And our children numbered three
Sweetest kids you’ve ever seen
Boy named Henry, boy named Bo, how we raised them I don’t know
And a girl we call Josephine
Hey we call Josephine

There is not a day gone by I regret being your wife
There is not a thing that I would change about my life
There is nothing we ain’t got we need to carry on
There is nothing freer than a song

And my life is like a dream
Sweetest life you’ve ever seen
Me and my boy growing old, kids all doing what they’re told
And we’re living so happily
So happily