The Girl Turned Ripe (2005 Digital Remaster)-Merle Haggard

[ti:The Girl Turned Ripe (2005 Digital Remaster)] [ar:Merle Haggard] [al:Strangers/Swinging Doors And The Bottle Let Me Down] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.63]Well the girl turned ripe [00:02.19]And the pickers came today [00:04.29] [00:05.58]Had an uncle [00:06.89]Who was farming down in Tennessee [00:09.68] [00:10.23]And I stopped by to see him [00:12.05]There brought this friend with me [00:14.58] [00:15.46]He had a daughter seventeen [00:17.38]Whose name was Clementine [00:19.34] [00:20.13]And sure enough they fell in love her [00:22.41]And this friend of mine [00:24.00] [00:24.93]He said The girl turned ripe [00:26.35]And the pickers came today [00:28.68] [00:29.82]He said There ain't no need [00:31.33]In me begging her to stay [00:33.65] [00:34.74]Old uncle Dave just shook [00:36.48]His head and turned away [00:38.72] [00:39.58]He said The girl turned ripe [00:41.04]And the pickers came today [00:43.16] [00:49.05]Fell in love with a gal [00:50.57]That made her home in Louisiang [00:53.18] [00:54.10]And her daddy was a hard [00:55.38]And strict but very humble man [00:58.38]And he shook me up that day [01:00.10]I went to ask him for her hand [01:03.35]But I felt better [01:04.34]When I heard them same old words again [01:07.01] [01:08.25]Well the girl turned ripe [01:09.74]And the pickers came today [01:11.93] [01:13.42]Said There ain't no need [01:14.53]In me begging her to stay [01:17.38] [01:18.21]He just shook his head and slowly walked away [01:22.39] [01:23.06]He said The girl turned ripe [01:24.29]And the pickers came today [01:26.83] [01:32.46]Now me and this gal from Louisiand [01:34.79]We got a family [01:36.60] [01:37.40]We got a little doll with big brown eyes [01:39.68]That we call Charmarie [01:41.82] [01:42.41]And there's a great long line of [01:43.94]Pickers waiting to talk to me [01:46.24] [01:47.22]About the sweet little gal of mine [01:49.06]That we call Charmarie [01:51.59]Well I said The girl turned ripe [01:53.23]And the pickers came today [01:55.70] [01:56.90]Said There ain't no need [01:58.14]In me begging her to stay [02:00.57] [02:01.73]And his my head and thring hand walked away [02:06.69]The girl turned ripe [02:07.88]And the pickers came today [02:10.10] [02:11.37]I said The girl turned ripe [02:12.68]And the pickers came today