PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
170 - I Want A Girl
Verse 1
When I was a boy my mother oft-en said to me,
Get mar-ried boy and see, how hap-py you will be,
I- have looked all over, but no girl-ie can I find,
Who seems to be just like the little girl I have in mind.
I- will have to look around un-til the right one I have found.
Chorus
I- want a girl, just like the girl that mar-ried (quick)dear old Dad,
She was a pearl and the only girl that dad-dy ever had,
A good old fashioned girl with heart so true,
One who loves nobody else but you,
I- want a girl, just like the girl that mar-ried (quick)dear old Dad.
Turnaround
Verse 2
By the old mill stream there sits a cou-ple old and gray,
Though years have rolled away, their hearts are young today,
Moth-er dear looks up at dad with love light in her eye,
He steals a kiss, a dons embrace, while ev'ning breezes sigh,
They're as happy as can be, so that’s the kind of love for me.
Chorus
I- want a girl, just like the girl that mar-ried (quick)dear old Dad,
She was a pearl and the only girl that dad-dy ever had,
A good old fashioned girl with heart so true,
One who loves nobody else but you,
I- want a girl, just like the girl that mar-ried (quick)dear old,
Mar-ried (quick)dear old,
Mar-ried (quick)dear old Dad.
A popular song of 1911 composed by Harry Von Tilzer and with lyrics by William Dillon, which has become a barbershop quartet standard. SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_A_Girl_(Just_Like_The_Girl_That_Married_Dear_Old_Dad)