I always got a kick out of Sweet Violets when I was a kid - you beat me to it, Robyn! If you don't know the melody you can sing it to just about any waltz tune -

SWEET VIOLETS

Cy Coben & Charles Grean

There once was a farmer who took a young miss
To the back of a barn where he gave her a
Lecture on horses and chickens and eggs
And told her that she had such beautiful
Manners which suited a girl of her charms
A girl that he wanted to take in his
Washing and ironing and then if she did
They could get married and raise lots of

        Sweet violets
        Sweeter than all the roses
        Covered all over from head to toe
        Covered all over with sweet violets

The girl told the farmer that he'd better stop
And she called her father and he called a
Taxi and got there before very long
Cause someone was doing his little girl
Right for a change and so that's why he said
If you marry her son you're better off
Single cause it's always been my belief
Marriage will bring a man nothing but

The farmer decided he'd wed anyway
And started in planning for his wedding
Suit which he purchased for only one buck
But then he found out he was clean out of
Money and so he got left in the lurch
Standing and waiting in front of the
End of this story which just goes to show
All a girl wants from a man is his

        Sweet violets...