The lyrics my mother taught me were a little different.----

Mary Jane told me this morning something that made me afraid.
She said I'd have to marry a man or else be a cranky old maid.
Now I don't love anybody but my daddy, but he's already married don't you see.
Oh, if Mother hadn't married Daddy, Daddy might have married me!

My mother was Marthadelle Holder (Mrs. Trusten Harley Holder). I grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas. I will be 72 years old in August.

Martha Trusten Holder Dworshak. March 22, 2014.