Oh, the prettiest girl (echo)
I ever saw (echo)
Was sippin’ cider (echo)
Through a straw (echo)

(all together) Oh, the prettiest girl I ever saw, was sippin’ cider through a straw.

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She said to me (echo)

Come sit by me (echo)

And we’ll sip cider (echo)

Merrily (echo)

(all together)  She said to me come sit by me, and we’ll sip cider merrily.

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So cheek to cheek (echo)
And jaw to jaw (echo)
We sipped that cider (echo)
Through that straw (echo)

(all together) So cheek to cheek and jaw to jaw, we sipped that cider through that straw.

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Well now and then (echo)
That straw did slip (echo)
And we’d sip cider (echo)
Lip to lip (echo)

(all together) Well now and then that straw did slip, and we’d sip cider lip to lip.

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Got 21 kids (echo)
Two mothers in law (echo)
From sippin’ cider (echo)
Through a straw (echo)

(all together) Got 21 kids, two mothers in law, From sippin’ cider through a straw.

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If you don’t want
Two mothers in law (echo)
Then don’t sip cider (echo)
Through a straw (echo)

(all together) If you don’t want two mothers in law, then don’t sip cider through a straw.

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