There are strories about a lady always waiting for her man I've got a girl named Sha-Marie a waitin' for me in Louisianne Sha-Marie Sha-Marie wait a little longer if you can I'm gonna marry Sha-Marie when I get home to Louisianne Well there'll be flowers and white lilies on the bayou where we'll stand I won't have to hold her mem'ry of old Sha-Marie's hand But I'm a long way from home and Sha-Maria But there'll be happy days when I get home again Sha-Marie she's my baby and I am Sha-Marie's man I left my girl to see the world but I'm a gonna turn back if I can I'm gonna marry Sha-Marie and I'll never leave again There'll be flowers and white lilies... Sha-Marie she's my baby and I am Sha-Marie's man