( I'm in love with the girl with the golden,

can't live without the girl with the golden . . . braids! )



I saw a gal with golden hair

dancin' as I played

never saw a gal so fair

as the girl with the golden braids!

I was travellin' with a band,

came to town and stayed

knew I'd have to seek the hand

of the girl with the golden braids!



Oh! . . . Dance girl, dance an' sway,

dance an' steal my heart away,

so many fellas stand in line

but I knew you'd be mine!

Yes, you'd be mine!



Knew I had to take a chance,

so I made a trade

gave my fiddle for a dance

with the girl with the golden braids

Now I'm thru forever more,

roamin' never paid

found that life that I adore

with the girl with the golden braids!



Oh! . . . Dance girl, dance an' sway,

dance an' steal my heart away,

so many fellas stand in line

but I knew you'd be mine!

Oh! . . . you'd be mine!







Dance girl, dance an' sway,

dance an' steal my heart away,

so many fellas stand in line

but I knew you'd be mine!

You'd be mine!



Now the boys are talkin' of

my last serenade

lucky me, I'm so in love

with the girl with the golden braids!

Ever since that night in June,

life's a rosy shade,

dancin' on my honeymoon

with the gal with the golden braids!



Oh! . . . Dance girl, dance an' sway,

dance an' steal my heart away,

so many fellas stand in line

but I knew you'd be mine!



Dance girl, dance an' sway,

dance an' steal my heart away,

so many fellas stand in line

but I knew you'd be mine!



Yes . . . I knew you'd be mine!



Music by Eddie Snyder

with lyrics by Stanley J. Kahan, 1957