Something So Feminine About A Mandolin

By: Jimmy Buffett, Jane Slagsvol
 1975
 It was late in the evenin', just a few of us pickin'
 But the lady she played so easy and fine
 And the chords that she strummed were so tastefully clever
 They planted this song in my mind
 Chorus:
 'Cause there's somethin' so feminine about a mandolin
 The way that they feel, the way that they ring
 Just to see slender fingers, movin' so quickly
 Made this boy want to sing
 And when I get older and I have a daughter
 I'll teach her to sing and play her my songs
 And I'll tell her some stories I can barely remember
 And hope that she will sing along
 And maybe one day she'll take a fancy to pickin'
 'Cause when that bug bites you, you live with the sting
 And if she could just strum a few simple measures
 She could make some young man sing
 'Cause there's somethin' so feminine about a mandolin
 Way that they feel, the way that they ring
 And that evenin' in a pasture somewhere near Austin
 That mandolin made me sing
 Her mandolin made me sing