The girl that I marry will have to be As soft and as pink as a nursery The girl I call my own Will wear satins and laces and smell of cologne Her nails will be polished And in her hair she'll wear a gardenia And I'll be there, stead of flittin' I'll be sittin' next to her And she'll purr like a kitten A doll I can carry The girl that I marry must be Her nails will be polished And in her hair she'll wear a gardenia And I'll be there, stead of flittin' I'll be sittin' next to her And she'll purr like a kitten A doll I can carry the girl that I marry must be