Sally Rogers 1980
Chorus:
Oh Agnes, won’t you go with me? We’ll be married in style
And we’ll cross Lake Michigan, so blue and so wild
We’ll cross over Lake Michigan ’til we come to the shore
And our orchards will blossom for our babies as they’re born
Oh, yes, I will go with you, leave Wisconsin behind
Though my parents think little of my life on a farm
Oh, to leave the gay city life to be buried on a farm
But I’ll watch the orchards bloom in spring, spend the winters warm in your arms
Three children he gave her: Curtis, Addie and Dee
And their fourth child, little Gussie, came ten years after these
And she raised them with loving hand and with firmness of mind
And she raised ’em through troubled times, Agnes strong-willed and kind
Now threescore years have gone and passed, like the fruit on the trees
And her children have children with babes on their knees
And they all join in the summertime, on the crystal lake shore
To greet lovely Agnes, now twelve years and four-score