( I'm in love with the girl with the golden,
   can't live without the girl with the golden . . . braids! )
  
   I saw a gal with golden hair
   dancin' as I played
   never saw a gal so fair
   as the girl with the golden braids!
   I was travellin' with a band,
   came to town and stayed
   knew I'd have to seek the hand
   of the girl with the golden braids!
  
   Oh! . . . Dance girl, dance an' sway,
   dance an' steal my heart away,
   so many fellas stand in line
   but I knew you'd be mine!
   Yes, you'd be mine!
  
   Knew I had to take a chance,
   so I made a trade
   gave my fiddle for a dance
   with the girl with the golden braids
   Now I'm thru forever more,
   roamin' never paid
   found that life that I adore
   with the girl with the golden braids!
  
   Oh! . . . Dance girl, dance an' sway,
   dance an' steal my heart away,
   so many fellas stand in line
   but I knew you'd be mine!
   Oh! . . . you'd be mine!
  
   < instrumental break >
  
   Dance girl, dance an' sway,
   dance an' steal my heart away,
   so many fellas stand in line
   but I knew you'd be mine!
   You'd be mine!
  
   Now the boys are talkin' of
   my last serenade
   lucky me, I'm so in love
   with the girl with the golden braids!
   Ever since that night in June,
   life's a rosy shade,
   dancin' on my honeymoon
   with the gal with the golden braids!
  
   Oh! . . . Dance girl, dance an' sway,
   dance an' steal my heart away,
   so many fellas stand in line
   but I knew you'd be mine!
  
   Dance girl, dance an' sway,
   dance an' steal my heart away,
   so many fellas stand in line
   but I knew you'd be mine!
  
   Yes . . . I knew you'd be mine!