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