I played a wedding for the money,

and I wished that I could tell the bride and groom

Just what I thought of marriage

And what's in store after their honeymoon.



and I was grumblin' to the dancers

'bout how men and women ought to live apart

And how a promise never made can not be broken

And can never break your heart



When suddenly from out of nowhere,

A little girl came dancing 'cross the floor,

And all her crinolines were billowing

Beneath the skirt of calico that she wore.

Oh what a joy fell on the honored guests

As each of them was drawn inside her dream,

And they laughed and clapped and stomped their feet

And hollered at her