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When I became of age my mother called me to her side
She said, "Son you're growing up now
Pretty soon you'll take a bride" and then she said

"Just because you've become a young man now
There's still some things that you don't understand now
Before you ask some girl for her hand now
Keep your freedom for as long as you can now"

My mama told me, "You better shop around
Oh yeah, you better shop around"

"There's some things that I want you to know now
Just as sure as the wind's gonna blow now
The women come and the women gonna go now
Before you tell 'em that you love 'em so now"

My mama told me, "You better shop around
Oh yeah, you better shop around"

"Try to get yourself a bargain, son
Don't be sold on the very first one
A pretty girls come a dime a dozen
Try to find one who's gonna give you true loving"

"Before you take a girl and say, "I do" now

My mama told me, "You better shop around"

Try to get yourself a bargain, son
Don't be sold on the very first one
A pretty girls come a dime a dozen
Try to find one who's gonna give you true loving

Before you take a girl and say, "I do" now
Make sure she's in love with you now
Make sure that her love is true now
I hate to see you feeling sad and blue now

My mama told me, "You better shop around"

Don't let the first one get you, oh no
'Cause I don't want to see her with you
Before you let her hold you tight
Yeah, yeah make sure she's all right

Before you let her take your hand my son
Understand my son, be a man my son
I know you can my son

When I became of age my mother called me to her side
She said, "Son you're growing up now
Pretty soon you'll take a bride" and then she said