I'll Wed The Girl I Left Behind 1916

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 28 Feb 2003

I'm dreaming of my little girl
away back home alone,
the girl I've always known,
the girl who's all my own;
I see her hand a waving,
and a tear drop in her eye,
it broke her heart to hear me say goodbye.
She murmured: "I'll be watching for you,
praying for you, too,
you'll some day find me
waiting here for you!"

I can picture tonight
in the dim candle light,
the girl I left behind.
I can see her once more
at the old cottage door,
waiting with love divine,
for I gave her the ring
and I promised to bring,
bring the parson back
and make her mine,
so I'm going right back,
hang my hat on the rack,
and wed the girl I left behind.

I can picture tonight
in the dim candle light,
the girl I left behind.
I can see her once more
at the old cottage door,
waiting with love divine,
for I gave her the ring
and I promised to bring,
bring the parson back
and make her mine,
so I'm going right back,
hang my hat on the rack,
and wed the girl I left behind.

Right now my heart is waking
and the old love calls anew,
it thrills me through and through,
for one so fond and true;
Oh, I can wait no longer,
for there's something seems to say:
"Go back and find
your old sweetheart today."
So I'm off to keep the promise
that I made her long ago,
I'm going back because I love her so.

I can picture tonight
in the dim candle light,
the girl I left behind.
I can see her once more
at the old cottage door,
waiting with love divine,
for I gave her the ring
and I promised to bring,
bring the parson back
and make her mine,
so I'm going right back,
hang my hat on the rack,
and wed the girl I left behind.

I can picture tonight
in the dim candle light,
the girl I left behind.
I can see her once more
at the old cottage door,
waiting with love divine,
for I gave her the ring
and I promised to bring,
bring the parson back
and make her mine,
so I'm going right back,
hang my hat on the rack,
and wed the girl I left behind.

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I'll Wed The Girl I Left Behind 1916
Words and Music by Will A. Dillon
copyright MCMXVI by M. Witmark and Sons
New York, Chicago and London
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Friday 28 February 2003 at 21.41
in association with Doug Grierson
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