Collected by Merlin Mitchell
Transcribed by Kyle Perrin
Reel 20
Item 5
Mrs. W. V. Henderson
Fayetteville, Ark.
February 23, 1950
Paper of Pins
Give to you a paper of pins,
That's the way my love begins,
If you will marry me, me, me,
If you will marry me.
I won't accept your paper of pins,
That's not the way my love begins,
And I won't marry you, you, you,
And I won't marry you.
Give to you a dress of green,
That you may look like any queen,
If you will marry me, me, me,
And if you will marry me.
I won't accept your dress of green
That I may look like any queen,
And I won't marry you, you, you,
And I won't marry you.
Give to you a dress of red,
Stitched around with a golden thread,
If you will marry me, me, me,
If you will marry me.
I won't accept your dress of red,
Stitched around with a golden thread,
And I won't marry you, you, you,
And I won't marry you.
Give to you a little black cat
To run upstairs and catch a rat,
If you will marry me, me, me,
And If you will marry me.
I won't accept your little black cat
To run upstairs and catch a rat,
And I won't marry you, you, you,
And I won't marry you.
Give to you, a little brown dog
To take with you when you go abroad,
If you will marry me, me, me,
And if you will marry me.
I won't accept your little brown dog
To take with me when I go abroad,
And I won't marry you, you, you,
And I won't marry you.
Give to you the key to my heart
That we may lock and never part,
If you will marry me, me, me,
And if you will marry me.
I won't accept the key to your heart,
That we may lock and never part,
And I won't marry you, you, you,
And I won't marry you.
Give to you the key to my chest,
You may get my gold at your request,
If you will marry me, me, me,
And if you will marry me.
I will accept the key to your chest,
To get your gold at my request,
And I will marry you, you, you,
And I will marry you.
