The Girl Turned Ripe-Merle Haggard

[ti:The Girl Turned Ripe] [ar:Merle Haggard] [al:Merle Haggard's Country, Vol. 7] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.60]Well the girl turned ripe [00:02.39]And the pickers came today [00:03.46] [00:05.51]Had an uncle [00:06.81]Who was farming down in Tennessee [00:08.91] [00:10.17]And I stopped by to see him [00:12.00] [00:12.62]There brought this friend with me [00:14.56] [00:15.36]He had a daughter seventeen [00:16.93]Whose name was Clementine [00:18.47] [00:20.05]And sure enough they fell in love her [00:22.45]And this friend of mine [00:23.72] [00:25.31]He said The girl turned ripe [00:27.04]And the pickers came today [00:28.30] [00:29.73]He said There ain't no need [00:31.34]In me begging her to stay [00:33.21] [00:34.61]Old uncle Dave just shook [00:36.45]His head and turned away [00:37.89] [00:39.50]He said The girl turned ripe [00:40.90]And the pickers came today [00:42.15] [00:48.96]Fell in love with a gal [00:50.76]That made her home in Louisiang [00:52.35] [00:53.95]And her daddy was a hard [00:55.58]And strict but very humble man [00:57.11] [00:58.22]And he shook me up that day [01:00.07]I went to ask him for her hand [01:01.79] [01:03.19]But I felt better [01:04.30]When I heard them same old words again [01:06.19] [01:08.05]Well the girl turned ripe [01:09.89]And the pickers came today [01:11.17]Said There ain't no need [01:14.62]In me begging her to stay [01:16.06] [01:18.02]He just shook his head and slowly walked away [01:20.24] [01:22.83]He said The girl turned ripe [01:24.33]And the pickers came today [01:25.48] [01:32.12]Now me and this gal from Louisiand [01:34.02] [01:34.66]We got a family [01:35.68] [01:37.13]We got a little doll with big brown eyes [01:39.87]That we call Charmarie [01:40.81] [01:42.27]And there's a great long line of [01:44.24]Pickers waiting to talk to me [01:45.81] [01:46.91]About the sweet little gal of mine [01:49.06]That we call Charmarie [01:50.05] [01:51.35]Well I said The girl turned ripe [01:53.44]And the pickers came today [01:54.68] [01:56.60]Said There ain't no need [01:58.15]In me begging her to stay [01:59.81] [02:01.38]And his my head and thring hand walked away [02:04.03] [02:06.38]The girl turned ripe [02:07.53]And the pickers came today [02:08.98] [02:10.86]I said The girl turned ripe [02:12.36]And the pickers came today [02:13.77] [02:14.28]The Girl Turned Ripe - Merle Haggard