Betty Mae, Betty Mae, you shall be my wife someday Betty Mae, Betty Mae, you shall be my wife someday I wants a little sweet girl, that will do anything that I say Betty Mae, you is my heart string, you is my destiny Betty Mae, you is my heart string, you is my destiny And you rolls across my mind, baby, each and every day Li'l girl, li'l girl, my life seem so misery Little girl, my life seem so misery Baby, I guess it must be love, now Lord that's takin' effect on me Some day I will return with the marriage license in my hand Some day I will return with the marriage license in my hand I'm 'on' take you for a honeymoon in some long, long distant land