Sweet William came a courting --
he sought the virgin's bower,
in hopes a blue-eyed Mary
might offer him her flower.

He wore his bachelor's buttons
to woo her bleeding heart.
Her baby blue eyes batted --
her petals she did part.

They asked Jack-in-the-Pulpit
if he would marry them.
She wore pink fairy slippers
and daisy diadem.

Now soon a baby's breath
will join this florid pair.
"Forget-me-not," he'll whisper,
about their love affair.