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