Verse
A# F
She’ll pack up and go to Branson in a heartbeat
Dm C
Play a few hands of pitch along the way
Am A#
Work them slots in Tama for an entire day
C C7
Then later splurge for dinner at the Sirloin Stockade
A# F
She can whip up a mean rhubarb cream pie
A# F C/E Dm
And her cornbread and beans are just to die for
Am A#
They’ll get gobbled up within the blink of an eye
C C7
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
A# F Dm A#
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]
A# F
From the rolling hills of Bakers Acres
Dm C
To 331 McFerson Street
Am A#
And 227 Woodland, where all the kids grew up
C C7
To have that many memories must be pretty neat
A# F
Yeah, she’s the lovely lady from Ottumwa
Dm C
G devoted member of the First Lutheran Church
Am A#
And if I were the first spring robin
C C7
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
A# F Dm A#
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
A# F
She’s the daughter of the Bakers
Dm C F
And she leads an extraordinary life
A# C F
Yeah she leads an extraordinary life