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I'LL GIVE TO YOU MY WATCH AND CHAIN Sung by: Mrs. Nettie Huddleston Barnes Click here to listen to the original recording If you will marry me, me, me, If you will marry me." "I don't want your watch and chain, And I won't have you, And I won't have you." "I'll give to you a pair of gloves, Outside silk and inside love, If you will marry me, me, me, If you will marry me." "I wouldn't give a cent for your pair of gloves, Outside silk and inside love. I won't have you, And I won't have you." "I'll give to you a piece of my heart, Locked up love that'll never part, If you will marry me, me, me, If you will marry me." "I wouldn't give a cent for the keys of your heart . . . I would give a cent for the keys of your heart, Locked up love that'll never part, And I will have you, And I will have you." (Comment by Mrs. Huddleston: "That's an old-timey song, too.") "I'll give to you my house and land, If you will marry me, me, me, If you will marry me." "I wouldn't give a cent for your house and land . . . home, And I won't have you, And I won't have you." (Comment by Mrs. Huddleston: "See, that was next to the last verse. I sung one . . .") |
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