When I was a boy my mother often said to me: 
"Get married, boy, and see how happy you will be" 
I have looked all over, but no girlie I can find, 
Who seems to be just like the little girl I have in mind, 
I will have to look around until the right one I have found. 

I want a girl, just like the girl that married dear old Dad 
She was a pearl and the only girl that Daddy ever had, 
good old fashioned girl with heart so [bad word]  
One who loves nobody else but you, 
I want a girl, just like the girl that married dear old Dad. 

By the old mill stream there sit a couple old and gray, 
Though years have rolled away, their hearts are young today. 
Mother dear looks up at Dad with love light in her eye, 
He steals a kiss, a fond embrace, while ev'ning breezes sigh, 
They're as happy as can be, so that's the kind of love for me 

I want a girl, just like the girl that married dear old Dad 
She was a pearl and the only girl that Daddy ever had, 
good old fashioned girl with heart so [bad word]  
One who loves nobody else but you, 
I want a girl, just like the girl that married dear old Dad.