Marty Robbins - Martha Ellen Jenkins lyrics

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Martha Ellen Jenkins, how long have I chased<br />

The boys away from you<br />

It seems like it was yesterday I turned<br />

Bill Johnson's green eyes black and blue<br />

That was back in Grammar School, already<br />

You had won my heart away<br />

Martha Ellen Jenkins, I even loved you<br />

In the second grade.<br />

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Martha Ellen Jenkins, I remember every time<br />

You broke my heart<br />

The eighth grade it was Tommy Joe<br />

Tommy, he was trouble from the start<br />

I met him in the schoolyard one afternoon<br />

When everyone was gone<br />

Martha Ellen Jenkins, Tommy didn't<br />

Stay around too long.<br />

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Martha Ellen Jenkins, how long have the boys<br />

Been makin' eyes at you<br />

You've always been a pretty one<br />

You'd be any fella's gream come true<br />

All the way through high school it tore<br />

Me up to watch them as they stared<br />

Martha Ellen Jenkins, at times<br />

You didn't notice I was there.<br />

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Martha Ellen Jenkins, how long have<br />

I waited for the day to come<br />

Ever since the second grade I prayed<br />

That I would be the lucky one<br />

Now you're walkin' down the aisle<br />

Just the way I always dreamed you would<br />

Martha Ellen Jenkins, now I've chased<br />

The boys away for good<br />

Martha Ellen Jenkins, now I've chased<br />

The boys away for good...