Julia L mentioned this song on 20-Sep. The following lyrics are from the sheet music at Baylor University:

(YOU PICKED ME WHEN I PICKED YOU)
IN BERRY PICKIN' TIME
Words by Jack Yellen, music by Percy Wenrich, ©1917.

1. I saw a berry bush as I was coming home tonight,
And somehow it brought back a bygone day
When you and I went berry picking many years ago
Along a country lane so far away.
How well I do remember: that sweet day when we first met
Has left a picture in my heart I never will forget.

CHORUS: We were picking berries at old aunt Mary’s
When I picked a blushing bride.
As we rode home together, I just wondered whether
I could win you forever if I tried;
And at love’s suggestion, I popped the question
And asked you to be mine.
From your kisses I knew: you picked me when I picked you
In berry pickin’ time.

2. How sweet you looked that day, dressed in a simple gingham gown.
To me you were as lovely as a queen.
From underneath your bonnet peeked a pair of golden curls
And the bluest eyes that I had ever seen.
Your lips were red as berries, but they tasted twice as sweet.
It only took one kiss to make me happiness complete.


Recorded by:
Albert Campbell & Henry Burr (1917)
Johnny Barfield (1941)
Roy Ross & His Blue Ridge Mountain Boys (1968)
Great Big Sea on “Great Big Sea” (1993)
Fiftin Market on “Lost at Sea” (2007)
A band organ arrangement appears on two albums: “Jazz Baby: Music of the Roaring 20’s” and
“Orchestrion Jubilee Vol. 3”