I played a wedding for the money,
and I wished that I could tell the bride and groom
Just what I thought of marriage
And what`s in store after their honeymoon.
and I was grumblin` to the dancers
`bout how men and women ought to live apart
And how a promise never made can not be broken
And can never break your heart
When suddenly from out of nowhere,
A little girl came dancing `cross the floor,
And all her crinolines were billowing
Beneath the skirt of calico that she wore.
Oh what a joy fell on the honored guests
As each of them was drawn inside her dream,
And they laughed and clapped and stomped their feet
And hollered at her