Chords for Dinah Shore - Sweet Violets

_ Sweet _ _ _ Violet, _ _ [C] sweeter [G] than the roses,
_ covered all over from head to toe,
covered all over with sweet [C] violet. _
_ _ [G] There once was a farmer who took a young miss
in back of the barn where [A] he gave her a lecture
on horses and chickens [G] and eggs, and told her
that she had such [A] [C] beautiful manners that suited
a girl of her [G] charms, a girl that he wanted to
take in [C] his washing and ironing, and then [G] if she did,
they could get married and raise lots of
sweet [F] _ _ violets.
_ Sweeter than [G] the roses,
covered all over from head to toe,
covered [Em] all over with [G] sweet _ _ violets.
_ [Ab] _ [Db] The girl told the farmer that he'd better [Ab] stop,
and she called her father, and he called [Db] a taxi,
and got there before very [Ab] long, cause someone was
doing his little girl right for a change, and so
that's why he said, if you marry her son, you're
better off single, cause it's always been my [Ab] belief,
marriage will bring a man nothing [Gb] but sweet _ [Db] _ violets.
Sweeter than the roses,
_ covered all over from [Ab] head to toe,
[Bb] covered all over with sweet [Bbm] _ [Ab] violets.
_ _ [A] _ [D] The farmer decided he'd wed [A] anyway,
and started in planning for his wedding [D] suit,
which he purchased for only one buck, but then he
found out he was just out [D] of money, and so he got
left [A] in the lurch, a-standing and waiting in front
of the end of the story, which just goes to show,
all a girl wants from [B] a man is his [C] sweet
_ [D] _ _ violets.
[E] Sweeter than the [A] roses,
[Em] covered all over from head [A] to toe,
[A] covered all over with sweet _ _ violets.
[Bm] _ [A] Sweet _ [D] violets. _ _ _ _ _