JB Monroe is my name
And I'm here to make a stand
Before the summer starts to wane
I'll win your heart and hand
My daddy says you are too poor,
Just a sharecropper's daughter
Just to hear you draw that bow
I'd brave the rushin' water
(chorus)
O My Malissa,
Come fiddle me a tune
And I will swim to you by the light of the moon
Your hair pulled back with piece of twine
You couldn't be more entrancin'
Even if you were decked in ribbons fine
Ah, you set my soul a-dancin'
(chorus)
O My Malissa,
Come fiddle me a tune
And I will swim to you by the light of the moon
Your brother Pen can fiddle rings
'Round any here or after
But underneath your little fingers
Sounds love and laughter
Oh won't you come and live with me
Be my one and only
We'll raise a big ol' family
You'll never be lonely
O My Malissa,
Come fiddle me a tune
And I will swim to you by the light of the moon
(song finishes with an instrumental breakdown)
("breakdown" is a fast-paced melody)
And I'm here to make a stand
Before the summer starts to wane
I'll win your heart and hand
My daddy says you are too poor,
Just a sharecropper's daughter
Just to hear you draw that bow
I'd brave the rushin' water
(chorus)
O My Malissa,
Come fiddle me a tune
And I will swim to you by the light of the moon
Your hair pulled back with piece of twine
You couldn't be more entrancin'
Even if you were decked in ribbons fine
Ah, you set my soul a-dancin'
(chorus)
O My Malissa,
Come fiddle me a tune
And I will swim to you by the light of the moon
Your brother Pen can fiddle rings
'Round any here or after
But underneath your little fingers
Sounds love and laughter
Oh won't you come and live with me
Be my one and only
We'll raise a big ol' family
You'll never be lonely
O My Malissa,
Come fiddle me a tune
And I will swim to you by the light of the moon
(song finishes with an instrumental breakdown)
("breakdown" is a fast-paced melody)