The Girl Turned Ripe Lyrics - Swinging Doors And The Bottle Let Me Down - Merle Haggard

Well, the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today 

Had an uncle who was farmin' down in Tennessee 

And I stopped by to see him there brought this friend with me 

He had a daughter seventeen whose name was Clementine 

And sure enough they fell in love her and this friend of mine 

He said,"The girl turned ripe and the pickers came today" 

He said,"There ain't no need in me beggin' her to stay" 

Ol' uncle Dave just shook his head and turned away 

He said,"The girl turned ripe and the pickers came today" 

Fell in love with a gal that made her home in Louisian' 

And her daddy was a hard and strict but very humble man 

And he shook me up that day I went to ask him for her hand 

But I felt better when I heard them same old words again 

Well, the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today 

Said,"There ain't no need in me beggin' her to stay" 

He just shook his head and slowly walked away 

He said,"The girl turned ripe and the pickers came today" 

Now me and this gal from Louisian' we got a family 

We got a little doll with big brown eyes that we call Charmarie 

And there's a great long line of pickers waitin' to talk to me 

About the sweet little gal of mine that we call Charmarie 

Well, I said,"The girl turned ripe and the pickers came today" 

I said,"The girl turned ripe and the pickers came today"