Lyrics
The prettiest girl
(The prettiest girl)
I ever saw
(I ever saw)
Was sippin' ci-
(Was sippin' ci-)
Der through a straw
(Der through a straw).
The prettiest girl I ever saw
Was sippin' cider through a straw.
I told that gal
(I told that gal)
I didn't see how
(I didn't see how)
She sipped that ci-
(She sipped that ci-)
Der through a straw
(Der through a straw).
I told that gal I didn't see how
She sipped that cider through a straw.
Then cheek to cheek
(Then cheek to cheek)
And jaw to jaw
(And jaw to jaw)
We sipped that ci-
(We sipped that ci-)
Der through a straw
(Der through a straw).
Then cheek to cheek and jaw to jaw
We sipped that cider through a straw.
And now and then
(And now and then)
That straw would slip
(That straw would slip)
And I'd sip some ci-
(And I'd sip some ci-)
Der from her lip
(Der from her lip).
And now and then that straw would slip
And I'd sip some cider from her lip.
And now I've got
(And now I've got)
A mother-in-law
(A mother-in-law)
From sippin' ci-
(From sippin' ci-)
Der through a straw
(Der through a straw).
And now I've got a mother-in-law
From sippin' cider through a straw.
The moral of
(The moral of)
This little tale
(This little tale)
Is to sip your soda
(Is to sip your soda)
Through a pail
(Through a pail).
The moral of this little tale
Is to sip your soda through a pail!
Alternative Lyrics & Related Songs
A different ending that a user learned at Girl Scouts camp
That's how I got
(That's how I got)
My mother-in-law
(My mother-in-law)
And forty-nine kids all call me "Ma"
(And forty-nine kids all call me "Ma"
Thats how i got my mother-in-law
And forty-nine kids all call me, kids all call me "Ma".
In this version the singer ends up with 49 kids
The prettiest girl (…the prettiest girl)
I ever saw (…I ever saw)
Was sipping ci- (…was sipping ci-)
-der through a straw (…-der through a straw)
The prettiest girl I ever saw
Was sipping cider through a straw
I asked her if
She’d teach me how
To sip some ci-
-der through a straw
I asked her if she’d teach me how
To sip some cider through a straw
First cheek to cheek
Then jaw to jaw
We sipped that ci-
-der through a straw
First cheek to cheek, then jaw to jaw
We sipped that cider through a straw
And now and then
That straw did slip
And we’d sip ci-
-der lip to lip
And now and then that straw did slip
And we’d sip cider lip to lip
Now forty-nine kids
All call me “paâ€
From sipping ci-
-der through a straw
Now forty-nine kids all call me “paâ€
From sipping cider through a straw
The moral of
This little joke
Is don’t sip ci-
-der, sip a Coke!
The moral of this little joke
Is don’t sip cider, sip a Coke!