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 heartstring, you is my destiny Betty Mae, you my heartstring, you is my destiny And you rolls across my mind, baby, each and every day Lil' girl, lil' girl, my life seem so misery Hmm-hmm, little girl, my life seem so misery Baby, I guess it must be love, now, hoo, Lord, that's takin' effect on me Some day I will return, with the marriage license in my hand Some day I will return, hoo, with a marriage license in my hand I'm gon' take you for a honeymoon, in some long, long distant land