The Prettiest Girl
From USAFA Folklore
The Prettiest Girl is a popular jody--it has been heard as early as 1957 and has persisted through 1992(?) (Ed note: it must've lasted longer--is it still around?).
[edit] Lyrics
- The prettiest girl
- I ever saw
- Was sippin bourbon
- through a straw
- The prettiest girl
- I ever saw
- Was sip-ping-bour-bon (Stomp!) through a straw.
- I walked right up.
- I sat right down.
- I ordered up
- another round.
- I walked right up.
- I sat right down.
- and or-dered-up-a (Stomp!) 'nother round.
- I took her home.
- I laid her down.
- Her long blonde hair
- Laid all around.
- I took her home.
- I laid her down.
- Her long-blonde-hair-laid (Stomp!) all around.
- And now I've got
- A mother-in-law
- And forty kids,
- They call me pa.
- And now I've got.
- A mother-in-law.
- and for-ty-kids-they (Stomp!) call me pa.
- The moral of
- The story is clear.
- Instead of bourbon,
- stick to beer.
- The moral of
- the story is clear.
- Instead-of-bourbon (Stomp!) stick to beer.
