
Date of issue: 18.07.2016
Record label: Turner
Song language: English
A Courting Song |
Write a loving letter, boy |
With swoops and sweeps and curls |
Calligraphers are just the thing to help you win your girl |
Then you’ll need to dress up smart |
The tailor’s here by chance |
He’ll stitch your trousers, hole your belt in fine couture of France |
Your shoes, my goodness, how they’re worn, but you’re too young to know |
That nothing courts a woman’s scorn more than scuffs on the toe |
The cobbler can attend to that |
Meanwhile, you must have cake |
The baker and patissier need work, for goodness' sake |
Hi dee diddly um de dum de day |
What a merry time we’ll have upon your wedding day |
Hi dee diddly um de dum de day |
There’s work for all when little boys get married |
That pointy cone upon your head, you can’t be wearing that |
The milliner will fix you up |
With a proper high silk hat |
The bride, of course, she’ll need a dress |
On that we must agree |
The seamstress, my young lover |
Oh, how grateful she will be |
The rings, by gum, did I forget? |
Well that’s my favorite part |
The vows, the whole romantic mess |
Now that’s a jeweler’s art |
And so you see our handiwork |
Is yours if you’re inclined |
But our livelihood’s at stake |
So don’t you go and change your mind |
Hi dee diddly um de dum de day |
What a merry time we’ll have upon your wedding day |
Hi dee diddly um de dum de day |
There’s work for all when little boys get married |
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