Tom: D
Introdução:
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Sweet Violets
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Sweeter than the roses
Covered all over from head to toe
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Covered all over with sweet violets
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There once was a farmer who took a young miss
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In back of the barn where he gave her a
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Lecture on horses and chickens and eggs
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And told her that she had such beautiful
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Manners that suited a girl of her charms
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A girl that he wanted to take in his
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Washing and ironing and then if she did
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They could get married and raise lots of
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Sweet Violets
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Sweeter than the roses
Covered all over from head to toe
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Covered all over with sweet violets
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The girl told the farmer that he'd better stop
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And she call her father and he called a
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Taxi and got there before very long
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'Cause some one was doin' his little girl
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Right for a change and so that's why he said
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If you marry her son, you're better off
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Single 'cause it's always been my belief
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Marriage will bring a man nothing but
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Sweet Violets
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Sweeter than the roses
Covered all over from head to toe
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Covered all over with sweet violets
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The farmer decided he'd wed anyway
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And started in planning for his wedding
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Suit which he purchased for only one buck
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But then he found out he was just out of
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Money and so he got left in the lurch
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A standin' and waitin' in front of the
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End of the story which just goes to show
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All a girl wants from a man is his
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Sweet Violets
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Sweeter than the roses
Covered all over from head to toe
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Covered all over with sweet violets