if no one ever marries me

Natalie Merchant

If no one ever marries me
And I don't see why they should
For nurse says I'm not pretty
And I'm seldom very good

If no one ever marries me
I shan't mind very much
I shall buy a squirrel in a cage
And a little rabbit-hutch

I shall have a cottage near a wood
And a pony all my own
And a little lamb quite clean and tame
That I can take to town

And when I'm getting really old
At twenty-eight or nine
I shall buy a little orphan-girl
And bring her up as mine