Sweet Sixteen

I had a Jane a long time ago, she was a sugar plum
I loved her well but it's sad to tell, she'd chew her
    chewing gum
There was no laws to stop her jaws which worked
    like a machine
What could I do? So I let her chew, when she was
    sweet sixteen

She chewed all day, chewed all night, that was going some
She hardly stopped to chew her meals, she was so fond
    of gum
She chewed and chawed, chawed and chewed, and
    her brand was wintergreen
And while I wooed, this girl she chewed, when she was
    sweet sixteen

She had a way so cute and gay of sticking gum around
Down on the chairs or on the stairs those wads of
    gum was found
I often cussed because they mussed my passing plod
    unseen
I had great luck in getting stuck on this day was
    sweet sixteen

Some days have passed since I stuck fast to that
    sweetheart of mine
And now and then you'll find again a wad of gum
    divine
I had a mat on which I sat and called her my colleen
It's stuck to me and so has she since the day she was
    sixteen