TINKER TAILOR

This year, next year, sometime, maybe never
Will you marry and who will it be?
Oh, so many things there are to love here
Oh, so many things there are to be
Tinker, tailor, sailor, rich man, poor man, soldier, beggar
Which one of these will it be?
To hold you close and whisper in your ear now and forever
“Some things are just meant to be.”

Big house, little house, barn or pigsty
Which of these to make your home sweet home?
Coach or carriage, cart or wheelbarrow
How to get to church and come back home
Tinker, tailor, sailor, rich man, poor man, soldier, beggar
Which one of these will it be?
To hold you close and whisper in your ear now and forever
“Some things are just meant to be”

Silk and satin, calico and cotton
Which of these to wear when time for bed?
One or two or three or four, how many?
Children will you have once you are wed?
Tinker, tailor, sailor, rich man, poor man, soldier, beggar
Which one of these will it be?
To hold you close and whisper in your ear now and forever
“Some things are just meant to be”

The rope is skipping and the ball is bouncing
Buttons on a dress, petals on flowers
Given, borrowed, stolen, how to get them?
Given, borrowed, stolen, how to keep?
Tinker, tailor, sailor, rich man, poor man, soldier, beggar
Which one of these will it be?
To hold you close and whisper in your ear now and forever
“Some things are just meant to be”

Ask a question and then count by rhyming
Repeat the rhyming till you reach the end
What you say at last will surely come true
Husband, home, and family for you!
What you say at last will surely come true
But part of us will always go with you

A Song Can Tell A Story

When words leave off, music begins.

TINKER TAILOR