there once was a young man who d never been kissed he s got to thinkin it over how much ihe had missed so he got me a girl and he kissed her and then and then oh lord well he kissed er again chorus because she had kisses sweeter than wine she had mmm mmm kisses sweeter than wine well he asked her to marry and to be his good wife he told her we d be so happy for the rest of his life he begged and he pleaded like a natural man and then whoops oh lord well she gave him her hand chorus well we worked very hard both me and my wife workin hand in hand to have a good life we had corn in the field and wheat in the bin and then whoops oh lord i was the father of twins chorus well their children they numbered just about four and they all had a sweetheart a knockin on the door they all got married and they wouldn t hesitate he was whoops oh lord the grandfather of eight chorus well now that he s old and he s already to go he get to thinkin what happened a long time ago had a lot of kids a lot of trouble and pain but then whoops oh lord well he d do it all again because she had kisses sweeter than wine she had mmm kisses sweeter than wine there once was a young man who d never been kissed he s got to thinkin it over how much ihe had missed so he got me a girl and he kissed her and then and then oh lord well he kissed er again chorus because she had kisses sweeter than wine she had mmm mmm kisses sweeter than wine well he asked her to marry and to be his good wife he told her we d be so happy for the rest of his life he begged and he pleaded like a natural man and then whoops oh lord well she gave him her hand chorus well we worked very hard both me and my wife workin hand in hand to have a good life we had corn in the field and wheat in the bin and then whoops oh lord i was the father of twins chorus well their children they numbered just about four and they all had a sweetheart a knockin on the door they all got married and they wouldn t hesitate he was whoops oh lord the grandfather of eight chorus well now that he s old and he s already to go he get to thinkin what happened a long time ago had a lot of kids a lot of trouble and pain but then whoops oh lord well he d do it all again because she had kisses sweeter than wine she had mmm kisses sweeter than wine