The prettiest girl (echo: The prettiest girl)

I ever saw (echo: I ever saw)

Was sippin' ci- (echo: was sippin' ci-)

-der through a straw (echo: -der through a straw)

The prettiest girl I ever saw, was sippin' cider through a
straw.



I asked her if (echo)

she'd show me how (echo)

To sip some ci- (echo)

-der through a straw (echo)

I asked her if she'd show me how, to sip some cider through a
straw.



She said, "Of course" (echo)

She'd show me how (echo)

To sip some ci- (echo)

-der through a straw. (echo)

She said, "Of course," she'd show me how, to sip some cider
through a 
straw.



First cheek to cheek (echo)

Then jaw to jaw (echo)

We sipped some ci- (echo)

-der through a straw (echo)

First cheek to cheek, then jaw to jaw, we sipped some cider
through a 
straw.



Every now and then (echo)

That straw would slip (echo)

And we'd sip ci- (echo)

-der lip to lip (echo)

Every now and then that straw would slip, and we'd sip cider lip
to lip.



That's how I got (echo)

My mother-in-law (echo)

And
9 kids (echo)

Who call me "Pa" (echo)

That's how I got my mother-in-law, and
9 kids who call me
"Pa".



The moral of (echo)
This little tale (echo)

Is sip your ci- (echo)

-der from a pail (echo)

The moral of this little tale, is sip your cider from a pail!