Be your husband if you be my wife
Be your husband if you be my wife
Be your husband if you be my wife
Loving all of you the rest of your life

Be your husband if you be my wife
Be your husband if you be my wife
Be your husband if you be my wife
Loving all of you the rest of your life

If you promise me you'll be your man
If you promise me you'll be your man
If you promise me you'll be your man
I will love you the best I can

Stick to the promise you made me
Stick to the promise that you made me
Stick to the promise you made me
That you'll stay away from Johnny Lee

Oh mama love me good
Oh mama love me good
Oh mama love me good
Oh mama 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
Outside of you there is no place to go

Don't you treat me so doggone mean
Don't you treat me so doggone mean
Don't you treat me so doggone mean
You're the meanest man I ever see

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

Oh mama
Oh mama

And I be your husband if you be my wife
Be your husband if you be my wife
Be your husband if you be my wife
Loving all of you the rest of your life