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26 Mar 00 - 09:10 PM (#201874) Subject: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: GUEST,SWT Does anyone have the lyrics to an old bluegrass song called "Always Marry an Ugly Girl"? If so, please email me at swt27896@hotmail.com. The chorus goes: "Always marry an ugly girl That's the only kind, She'll never ever leave you, But if she does, you won't mind..." There are four or five verses, but it's been years since I heard it and I've forgotten all but one. Not PC, but funny. SWT |
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26 Mar 00 - 09:23 PM (#201879) Subject: RE: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: Callie No relation to the song "If you want to be happy living a king's life/never make a pretty woman your wife ..."? |
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26 Mar 00 - 10:37 PM (#201904) Subject: RE: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: Bob Bolton G'day SWT and Callie,
Maybe Callie's offering is an antipodean version (appropriately reversing SWT's lines to the same final effect). Actually I remember much of what Callie writes as being from the Calypso fad period (circa 1963) and the song started with: Regards, Bob Bolton |
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29 Mar 00 - 11:18 PM (#203706) Subject: RE: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: Bob Bolton G'day ... I thought I was going mad(der) - there should be some way of concatenating duplicate threads ... (Max?). Regard(les)s, Bob Bolton |
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30 Mar 00 - 09:17 AM (#203847) Subject: RE: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: Willie-O Hearing about this song makes me think of a bluegrass "concert" held in the cafetorium at Sandford Fleming College in Lindsay Ont when I studied forestry there in the early 80's. The band was probably pretty good, but the acoustics as awful as you might suspect, and the so-called sound man was a guy who owned a really fancy 16-channel board and had NO CLUE what to do with it. His sole concern seemed to be keeping the levels low enough that the gauges never touched the red--which made the entire show virtually inaudible. It's funny that I do remember that song. Lamentably catchy and one of the dumbest lyrics ever heard this side of "Teddy Bear". Ugh. W-O |
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30 Mar 00 - 05:09 PM (#204146) Subject: RE: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: Charcloth Ther was an earlier thread on this< I know cause I asked the same Question only I know it by " You've got to marry an ugly gal " try putting "Ugly Gal"in the forum search some of it is still there. I think Jewel Mountain recorded it I believe they were from Dayton Ohio |
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30 Mar 00 - 06:31 PM (#204211) Subject: RE: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: Novalis Assume that this does not include the wonderful Harry Belafonte "Marry a Woman Uglier than You" calypso number? |
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30 Mar 00 - 11:29 PM (#204356) Subject: RE: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: Robo A pretty woman makes a husband looks small And very often causes his downfall, But if you make a ugly woman your wife, You'll be happy for the rest of your life! (chorus as above) Spoken: "Hey, I saw your woman the other day . . . yeha, and she's uggg-ly (laughter)!" ---There's another verse that I can't recall. Reply: "Yeah, but she sure can cook! (more laughter!)" |
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03 Mar 03 - 08:01 AM (#902260) Subject: RE: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: GUEST,karolryba@yahoo.com hi, i'm searching the lyrics of harry balafonte songälways marry an ugly girl"-i love this song!!! is there any possibility to sent me that one???? thank you in advance! karol ryba |
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03 Mar 03 - 08:15 AM (#902269) Subject: Lyr Add: ALWAYS MARRY AN UGLY GIRL From: Nigel Parsons ^^ UGLY GIRL Always marry an ugly girl 'cause thats the only kind. She'll never ever leave you and if she does you won't mind. My daddy married an ugly girl and thought that she'd be true, Then came along the milkman and I am living proof. So always marry an ugly girl 'cause thats the only kind. She'll never ever leave you and if she does you won't mind. My brother married an ugly girl he thought he had it made, Every time she got undressed the neighbors pulled the shades. So always marry an ugly girl 'cause thats the only kind. She'll never ever leave you and if she does you won't mind. My uncle married an ugly girl the family got uptight, They had a formal wedding so they paint the shotgun white. So always marry an ugly girl 'cause thats the only kind. She'll never ever leave you and if she does you won't mind. My sister married an ugly girl the family was surprised, They found out on that wedding night that girl was an ugly guy. So always marry an ugly girl 'cause thats the only kind. She'll never ever leave you and if she does you won't mind. Found at This site But unattributed! Nigel |
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03 Mar 03 - 10:44 AM (#902357) Subject: RE: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: Abby Sale Maybe the theme comes up very often. Two songs spring to mind immediately: I believe there's a verse in "Working on the New Railroad" and in the Scots/Northumbrian from "I Maun Hae a Wife" If that she be bonnie, I shall think her right, If that she be ugly, where's the odds at night? |
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03 Mar 03 - 10:52 AM (#902365) Subject: RE: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: Sam L I can't help, but I've heard the current view of the theme among 20-somethings as "Always get with the stealth-babe", i.e., the unadorned real beauty that dumb guys don't notice. |
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03 Mar 03 - 11:51 AM (#902432) Subject: RE: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: GUEST,Louie Roy This song was originally written about 1840 under the name (Old Man Old Man can I have your daughter) and we had it in an old song book in the early 1930s and i can only remember a couple of verses.i can't find it anywhere in the forum but one of you mudcatters should be able to come up with all the words to the original tune.Louie Roy |
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03 Mar 03 - 01:01 PM (#902488) Subject: RE: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: Rustic Rebel Reminded me of a song-Ugly and Slouchy; Ugly and slouchy, that's the way I like them You never have no fear of them lovin' someone else. |
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03 Mar 03 - 07:39 PM (#902786) Subject: RE: Always marry an ugly girl From: Maryrrf I think I may have this song on an album I picked up in Trinidad - the real version and not the Harry Belafonte or the rock version. I've been meaning to transcribe it and will try to dig it out. It's really funny - starts out "If you want to be happy and live a king's life, never make a pretty woman your wife". |
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04 Mar 03 - 12:48 AM (#902940) Subject: ADD: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: Joe Offer This version comes from a mysterious source, whose identify I am sworn not to reveal. I think maybe his wife wouldn't like it... -Joe Offer, who married a beautiful woman- ^^ Always Marry An Ugly Girl Always marry an ugly girl, that's the only kind She'll never ever leave you, but if she does you won't mind My brother married an ugly girl, the family got uptight They had a formal wedding, they painted the shotgun white Always marry an ugly girl, that's the only kind She'll never ever leave you, but if she does you won't mind My cousin married an ugly girl, really had it made Every night when she undressed, the neighbors pulled the shade Always marry an ugly girl, that's the only kind She'll never ever leave you, but if she does you won't mind Uncle married an ugly girl, she drank from a special cup She had a great big upper lip, but the lower lip covered it up Always marry an ugly girl, that's the only kind She'll never ever leave you, but if she does you won't mind You make love with an ugly girl, she never wants to quit Cause she thinks that it's the last that she'll ever get Always marry an ugly girl, that's the only kind She'll never ever leave you, but if she does you won't mind Several sources indicate that there's a recording of "Always Marry an Ugly Girl" by Al Batten and the Bluegrass Reunion, but I was unable to find a name of a songwriter for this song. Is it traditional? -Joe- |
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12 Aug 08 - 02:27 PM (#2411729) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: GUEST My father married and ugly girl and they had 10 kids, 5 were girls and 5 were boys, and not one of them was his! When you make love to an ugly girl, she'll never let you quit, Because she's scared it is the last she's ever gonna get! My brother married an ugly girl, she had warts on her toes, But all those warts weren't half as big as the one that's on her nose! (Hope some of these lines help...)
Thanks. -Joe Offer- |
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13 Aug 08 - 12:44 AM (#2412228) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: Genie I've always wanted to redo that calypso song from the woman's point of view. Pretty easy juxtaposition of lyrics: If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, Never be a pretty gentleman's wife, So from my personal point of view, Get an ugly man to marry you. ; D |
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13 Aug 08 - 12:57 AM (#2412238) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: GUEST,Wyn Wachhorst Stan Wilson sang the "never make a pretty woman your wife" version on his first LP (Fantasy records). |
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27 Aug 09 - 09:06 PM (#2710297) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: GUEST I have a recording from a group in Ohio fromback n=in the eighties that have the lyrics as: Always marry an ugly girl, that's the only kind, she'll never ever leave you but if she does you wont mind. This is the chorus. Then it goes on day an ugly girl was born her pap took it on the chin, he held her up , turned her around and said MY LORD WE GOT TWINS. mY QUESTION IS IS THIS SONG PUBLIC DOMAIN? |
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31 Aug 09 - 02:33 PM (#2713098) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: Jim Dixon The catalog of the US Copyright Office says: ALWAYS MARRY AN UGLY GIRL was performed by Humphammer and The Maggie Valley Ramblers on their album "I Like the Bluegrass Sound" (Pigeon Forge, Tenn.: Dash-Dot Productions, 1983)—an 8-track cartridge, apparently. Furthermore, it says "New Matter [by Rudy Barrett]: words and music of 4 selections; music for 1 selection. ... Preexisting material: 7 selections." [So apparently we have no way of knowing, from the catalog, whether Barrett wrote this particular song. Maybe the album itself would tell you.] * WorldCat indicates that ALWAYS MARRY AN UGLY GIRL was performed by The Leatherwoods on their album "Tenth Jam" (Mountain View, AR: Thunder Ridge Castle Duplicating, Inc., [2007?]). |
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24 Mar 10 - 08:07 PM (#2871166) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: GUEST,TJ My cousin married an ugly girl, she drank from a special cup She had a great big upper lip, but her bottom one covered it up |
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25 Mar 10 - 08:01 AM (#2871439) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: NormanD The version quoted above is "If You Wanna Be Happy", by Jimmy Soul, a pop hit in the early 1960s. Sounds like it was produced by Frank Guida, the guy who hit with Gary US Bonds. It's on YouTube here |
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04 Aug 10 - 10:58 PM (#2958518) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: GUEST i use to listen tot his song ever morning int he car with my Papa and we'd sing to my Grandma wow . haha good times, good times (: |
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05 Aug 10 - 11:05 AM (#2958798) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: John on the Sunset Coast I have four or five versions of this song, from Jimmy Soul's rocknroll version and the others calypso treatments, one of which is an answer song extolling the virtues of marrying an ugly girl, or marrying a pretty girl. |
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28 Jul 11 - 10:46 PM (#3197645) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Always Marry an Ugly Girl From: GUEST,carlnut My uncle married an ugly girl, he took her to the beach and then, When the ocean saw her standing there, the tide would not come in. Last night I dated an ugly girl, she had one big brown eye. The other one was small and blue with a big red ugly sty. |