Jimmy's mother is worried About her precious boy The other lads in the playground He chooses to avoid They're always fighting It ain't exciting Or so inviting to him They're rough and dirty And girls are purty He much prefers to be prim He's always been a bit different From the day he was born He wasn't built like his brothers It made his parents forlorn Jim didn't fit in He started knitting And quietly sitting around Some girls were friendly Approached him gently And accidentally he found
He wants to hang with the girls Hе wants to hang with the girls He doesn't carе what they say He's doing things his own way
Jennie's father is worried She don't like playing with dolls She'd rather ride on his tractor And help him dig a few holes She don't like gingham Or fancy linen She goes for denim instead She won't wear ruffles She gets in scuffles And rips those ruffles to shreds 'Cause she hangs with the boys She longs to hang with the boys She's out there making some noise One of the gang with the boys
Forget the gender Just love me tender This ain't no lavender love They got together Birds of a feather And thank the heavens above They're in love They're in love, they're in love They're in love, they're in love
He wants to hang with this girl She wants to hang with this boy It all went bang with this girl She'll form a gang with this boy
She wants to hang with him He wants to hang with her Now Jennie's hanging with Jim He wants to hang with the girls, girls, girls She wants to hang with boys, boys, boys So let him hang with the girls She's doing fine with the boys