I played a weddin' for the money
And I wished I could've told the bride and groom
Just what I think of marriage
And what's in store after their honeymoon.

And I was grumblin' to the dancers
About how men and women ought to live apart
And how a promise never made cannot be broken
And can never break your heart.

Then suddenly from out of nowhere
A little girl came dancin' cross the floor
And all her crinolines were billowin'
Beneath the skirt of calico 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 marryin' 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 the 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 Jeannie'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 marryin' your dad
It was answered today, your mama's marryin' your dad.