Be your husband if you be my wife
Be your husband if you be my wife, oh
Be your husband if you be my wife, oh
Love and honor you for the rest of your life

And I'll be your husband if you be my wife
Be your husband if you be my wife, oh oh
Be your husband if you be my wife, oh
Love and honor you for the rest of your life, oh

If you promise me that I'll be your man, oh oh oh
If you promise me that I'll be your man, oh
If you promise me that I'll be your man, oh oh
I will love you now the best I can, oh oh oh

Stick to the promise that you made to me, yeah
Stick to the promise that you made to me, oh oh
Stick to the promise that you made to me, oh
That you stay away from johnny lee, yeah

Oh mama, love me good
Oh mama (nana) love me good, oh oh
Oh mama, love me good, oh
Oh mama (nana) love me good

If you want me to cook and sew
If you want me to cook and sew
If you want me to cook and sew, oh
Outside you there is no place to go, oh oh oh

Don't you treat me so doggone mean
Please don't treat me so doggone mean
Please don't treat me so now doggone mean yeah
You're the meanest woman I ever see

Oh mama now love me good
Oh mama love me good
Oh mama love me good
Oh mama now love me good

And I'll be your husband if you be my wife
Be your husband if you be my wife
Be your husband if you be my wife

Love and honor you for the rest of your life, oh
Love and honor you for the rest of your life, oh
Love and honor you for the rest of your life