Marcia Ball - Daddy Said lyrics

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Marcia Ball

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Well my sister got married at very early age

Momma got her ready for her wedding day

Everybody came to see the beautiful bride

She was so young that everybody cried

Daddy said I wish it wouldn’t happen to a child of mine

Now they moved to a town not too far away

My sister stayed home, her husband worked all day

Sister got tired of having nothing to do

So she thought that she’d like to have a baby or two

Daddy said babies having babies is an awful crime

But she had her one and another came along

And she was so happy like nothing was wrong

Everybody waited for the axe to fall

They said she never had a chance to live her life at all

Daddy said trouble, it’s just a matter of time

Now babies grew to children as babies will do

They added four more to the original two

Til the house was so full it was busting at the seams

They had a half a dozen little mouths to feed

Daddy said that poor girl must be going out of her mind

They had to work hard just to make ends meet

But they always had shoes and plenty to eat

So much love in that little bitty house

Nobody thought that they were doing without

Daddy said I say a little prayer for them every night

Well the years went by so happily

Sister was a momma like she wanted to be

Making home for her husband and her family

With the babies bouncing on their Paw Paw’s knee

Daddy said I knew everything would work out fine

Daddy said I knew everything would work out fine