Shotgun Wedding - Lyrics - Madeline

Madeline is a media franchise that originated as a series of children's books written by Ludwig Bemelmans, an Austrian author. The books have been adapted into numerous formats, spawning telefilms, television series and a live action feature film. The adaptations are famous for the closing line, first uttered by actress Ethel Barrymore in a play, "That's all there is; there isn't any more." The stories takes place in a Catholic boarding school in Paris. Much of the media start with the line "In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines ..." The stories often are written entirely in rhyme, and include simple themes of daily life which appeal to children.

Run red as a river By the slaughter hole Them cows spittin' blue skies Cause they on death row First lain in a cornfield, yeah She was brown and slim Run Daddy, get the shotgun I'm gonna marry him Don't you wish you was a baby Don't you wish you was a baby again You had a fine mama, fetch you milk from the palm of her hand Don't you wish you was a baby Don't you wish you was a baby again You had a fine mama, fetch you milk from the palm of her hand It's the bible or the bottle It's the pills we've been taking Hallelujah find a water One for sleep, one for waking Once lain on the floor here She was your sister's friend Run Daddy, get the shotgun Boys have done it again Ain't it mighty, awful mighty Sleep and suck until your thumb runs dry You had a fine mama, fetch you milk from the white of her eye Ain't it mighty, awful mighty Sleep and suck until your thumb runs dry Grow tall as the grass here And the snake runs low Low as the devils laughter Snake is the devil's throat Once lain in a church here, yeah She was young as sin and Run Daddy, get the shotgun We're gonna bury him Don't you wish you was a baby Don't you wish you was a baby again You had a fine mama, fetch you milk from the palm of her hand Ain't it mighty, awful mighty Sleep and suck until your thumb runs dry You had a fine mama, fetch you milk from the white of her eye