GUEST:Desi C,
   Maybelle sings, "The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue."
   I've heard folks, trying to make some sense of the song sing, "The pale oleander and violets so blue."

There is another verse that Maybelle sings as:

I will dance, I will sing and my laugh shall be gay
I will charm every heart, in his crown I will sway
I woke from my dreaming, my idol was clay
All portions of loving had all flown away

I prefer:

I will dance, I will sing and my laugh shall be gay
I will charm every heart in the crowd I survey
I woke from my dreaming, my idol was clay
And my passion for loving had all flown away