Dance Little Jean

I played a wedding for the money

And I wished I could have told the bride and groom

Just what I think of marriage

And what's in store after their honeymoon

And I was grumbling to the dancers

About how men and women ought to live apart

And how a promise never made can not be broken

And can never break a heart

Then suddenly, from out of nowhere

A little girl came dancing cross the floor

And all her crinolines were billowin'

Beneath the skirt of calico that she wore

Oh, what a joy fell on the honored guests

As each one of them was drawn into her dream

And they laughed and stamped and clapped their hands

And hollered at her, dance little Jean

And they said, dance little Jean. this day is for you

Two people you love stood up to say I do

Dance little Jean, a prayer that you had

Was answered today, your mama's marrying your dad

Well, my cynical heart just melted

'Cause I figured what this get-together meant

How it ended years of tears and sad confusion

That little girl had spent

And they told the band to pack it up

About the time the couple cut the cake

But we played as long as they stayed

For love and laughs and little Jeanie's sake

And we played dance little Jean, this day is for you

Two people you love stood up to say I do

Dance little Jean, a prayer that you had

Was answered today, your mama's marrying your dad

It was answered today, your mama's marrying your dad