The Girl Turned Ripe
By Merle Haggard
Written by Merle Haggard
Album: Swinging Doors (1966)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
4/10/2016

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Well the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today

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Had an uncle who was farmin' down in Tennessee
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And I stopped by to see him there brought this friend with me
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He had a daughter seventeen whose name was Clementine
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And sure enough they fell in love, her and this friend of mine


Chorus:
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He said the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today
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He said there ain't no need in me beggin' her to stay
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Ol' Uncle Dave just shook his head and turned away
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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

Chorus 2:
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

Chorus 3:
I said the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today
Said there ain't no need in me beggin' her to stay
I just shook my head and grinned at him and walked away
He said the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today


I said the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today