[CLEGG]
'Twas the lilac bushes where I spied ya
Gettin' altogether dry
From your altogether dip in the brook

[GRAMMA, spoken]
Excuse me for turning my back then

[CLEGG, spoken]
That was nice, too

[CLEGG]
For the lilac bushes couldn't hide ya
Couldn't hide ya from the look
From that ever-longing look that I took

[GRAMMA, spoken]
Look, Thomas Clegg, you pounced

[CLEGG]
Now there was a good thing
For a single young man

[GRAMMA]
And speakin' of good things
'Tis a good thing I ran
[CLEGG & GRAMMA]
Oh yes, there
Could've been a ring
Could've been a ring-ding
Could've been a ring-ding-dee

[CLEGG]
Could've been a hurry-up layin' of the plans

[GRAMMA]
Waggin' of the tongues

[CLEGG]
Cryin' of the banns

[CLEGG & GRAMMA]
Could've been a ring
Could've been a ring-ding
For you and me

[CLEGG]
But we never

[GRAMMA]
No, we never
[CLEGG]
We came mighty near to nearly

[GRAMMA]
But

[CLEGG]
We never
You were cautious

[GRAMMA]
I were clever

[CLEGG]
We came

[CLEGG & GRAMMA]
Mighty near to nearly
But we never

[GRAMMA, spoken]
Ha ha ha
Oh, that Easter Monday night dancing

[CLEGG, spoken]
How I danced, how I danced ya
[GRAMMA, spoken]
Smack bottom 'gainst the barn wall

[CLEGG & GRAMMA]
Oh yes, there
Could've been a ring
Could've been a ring-ding
Could've been a ring-ding-dee

[CLEGG]
Could've been a hurry-up sayin' of the vows

[GRAMMA]
Building of the crib—

[CLEGG]
Raisin' of the brows

[CLEGG & GRAMMA]
Could've been a ring
Could've been a ring-ding
For you and me

[CLEGG]
But we never

[GRAMMA]
No, we never

[CLEGG]
We came cozy close to mostly

[GRAMMA]
But

[CLEGG]
We never
You were cautious

[GRAMMA]
I were clever

[CLEGG]
We came

[CLEGG & GRAMMA]
Cozy close to mostly
But we never

[GRAMMA, spoken]
Thomas, you know what I was thinking?

[CLEGG, spoken]
What, Effie?

[GRAMMA, spoken]
My son Amos'd be your son
Had you agreed to name him that

[CLEGG & GRAMMA]
Oh yes, there
Could've been a ring
Could've been a ring-ding
Could've been a ring-ding-dee

[CLEGG]
Could've been a written-down on the Bible page

[GRAMMA]
Telling 'bout his name

[CLEGG]
Lyin' 'bout his age

[CLEGG & GRAMMA]
Could've been a ring
Could've been a ring-ding
For you and me

[CLEGG]
But we never

[GRAMMA]
No, we never

[CLEGG]
We came to the brink distinctly

[GRAMMA]
But

[CLEGG]
We never
You were cautious

[GRAMMA]
I were clever

[CLEGG]
We came

[CLEGG & GRAMMA]
To the brink distinctly
Cozy close to mostly
Mighty near to nearly
But we never