Chords for Sweet Violets

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