Verse
C# G#
She’ll pack up and go to Branson in a heartbeat
Fm D#
Play a few hands of pitch along the way
Cm C#
Work them slots in Tama for an entire day
D# D#7
Then later splurge for dinner at the Sirloin Stockade
C# G#
She can whip up a mean rhubarb cream pie
C# G# D#/G Fm
And her cornbread and beans are just to die for
Cm C#
They’ll get gobbled up within the blink of an eye
D# D#7
But don’t worry, she’d be happy to make you up some more
[Chorus 1]
G#
Mary Dell turns 90 today
D#
That’s 90 trips around the suns fiery blaze
C# G# Fm C#
And all the folks that know her well have great stories that they tell
G# D# G#
About good lookin, hard workin Mary Dell
[Verse 2]
C# G#
From the rolling hills of Bakers Acres
Fm D#
To 331 McFerson Street
Cm C#
And 227 Woodland, where all the kids grew up
D# D#7
To have that many memories must be pretty neat
C# G#
Yeah, she’s the lovely lady from Ottumwa
Fm D#
A# devoted member of the First Lutheran Church
Cm C#
And if I were the first spring robin
D# D#7
210 Marianna is where I’d wanna perch
[Chorus]
G#
Mary Dell turns 90 today
D#
That’s 90 trips around the suns fiery blaze
C# G# Fm C#
And all the folks that know her well have great stories that they tell
G# D# G#
About good lookin, hard workin Mary Dell
[Chorus 2]
G#
She’s a great grandma
G#
She’s a grandma
G# D#
She’s a mother, aunt, sister, cousin, she's a wife
C# G#
She’s the daughter of the Bakers
Fm D# G#
And she leads an extraordinary life
C# D# G#
Yeah she leads an extraordinary life