Martha Ellen Jenkins, how long have I chased   The boys away from you   It seems like it was yesterday I turned   Bill Johnson's green eyes black and blue   That was back in Grammar School, already   You had won my heart away   Martha Ellen Jenkins, I even loved you   In the second grade      Martha Ellen Jenkins, I remember every time   You broke my heart   The eighth grade it was Tommy Joe   Tommy, he was trouble from the start   I met him in the schoolyard one afternoon   When everyone was gone   Martha Ellen Jenkins, Tommy didn't   Stay around too long      Martha Ellen Jenkins, how long have the boys   Been makin' eyes at you   You've always been a pretty one   You'd be any fella's gream come true   All the way through high school it tore   Me up to watch them as they stared   Martha Ellen Jenkins, at times   You didn't notice I was there      Martha Ellen Jenkins, how long have   I waited for the day to come   Ever since the second grade I prayed   That I would be the lucky one   Now you're walkin' down the aisle   Just the way I always dreamed you would   Martha Ellen Jenkins, now I've chased   The boys away for good   Martha Ellen Jenkins, now I've chased   The boys away for good