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 can I 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 grey

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 evening 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 

Oh, I want a girl just like the girl that married dear old Dad