Paddlin' Madelin' Home - Jackie Gleason

I love a girl named Madeline

I know she loves me, too

For ev’ry night the moon is bright

She rides in my canoe

At midnight on the river

I heard her father call

But she don’t care and I don’t care

If we get back at all

'Cause when I’m paddlin' Madeline home

Gee!

When I’m paddlin' Madeline home

First I drift with the tide

Then pull for the shore

I hug her and kiss her

And paddle some more

Then I keep paddlin' Madeline home

Until I find a spot where we’re alone

Oh!

She never says «No»

So I kiss her and go

Paddlin' Madeline

Sweet sweet Madeline

Paddlin' Madeline home

'Cause when I’m paddlin' Madeline home

Gee!

When I’m paddlin' Madeline home

First I kiss her a while

And when I get through

I paddle for one mile

And drift back for two

Then I keep paddlin' Madeline home

Until I find a spot where we’re alone

Oh!

If she’d only say «Throw your paddles away»

Paddlin' Madeline

Sweet sweet Madeline

Paddlin' Madeline home