Lovely Agnes

G C Oh Agnes, won't you go with me? We'll be married in style C G D7 And we'll cross Lake Michigan, so blue and so wide, G C We'll cross over Lake Michigan, 'til we come to the shore, C G D7 G And our orchards will blossom for our babies as they're born. G C Oh yes, love I will go with you, leave Wisconsin behind C G D7 Though my parents think little of my life on a farm, G C For to leave the gay city life, and be buried on a farm, G C But I'll watch the orchards bloom in spring, C G D7 G Spend the winter's warm in your arms. G C Oh Agnes, won't you go with me? We'll be married in style C G D7 And we'll cross Lake Michigan, so blue and so wide, G C We'll cross over Lake Michigan, 'til we come to the shore, C G D7 G And our orchards will blossom for our babies as they're born. G C Three children she gave to him, Curtis, Addie and Dee C G D7 And their fourth child little Gussie came, ten years after these. G C And she raised them with loving hand and with firmness of mind C G D7 G And she raised them through troubled times, Agnes strong willed and kind. G C Oh Agnes, won't you go with me? We'll be married in style C G D7 And we'll cross Lake Michigan, so blue and so wide, G C We'll cross over Lake Michigan, 'til we come to the shore, C G D7 G And our orchards will blossom for our babies as they're born. G C Now the years have gone and past, like the fruit on the trees, C G D7 And your children have children with babes on their knees G C And they all join in the summertime, by the crystal lake shore, C G D7 G To greet lovely Agnes, now 12 years and four-score. G C Oh Agnes, won't you go with me? We'll be married in style C G D7 And we'll cross Lake Michigan, so blue and so wide, G C We'll cross over Lake Michigan, 'til we come to the shore, C G D7 G And our orchards will blossom for our babies as they're born.