prairie wedding

we only knew each other by letter

when i met her over the train

when the smoke cleared and the dust was still

she was standing there speaking my name. i guarantee she looked like an angel

i couldn't think of what i should say

but when adam saw eve in the garden

i believe he felt the selfsame way. i handed her up on the wagon

and i loaded up her trunk behind

she was sitting up there with the gold in her hair

i tried to get a hope on my mind. you think that you could love me

mary?

you think we got a chance of a life

do you think that you could love me

mary?

now you are to be my wife. we finally headed out of the station

and drove up my home trail

and when we came to the farm she laid a hand on my arm

i thought my resolution would fail. now froze as she stepped thru the doorway

and i stood there as still as could be

i said: 'i know

it ain't much it needs a woman's touch

perhaps she turned around and looked at me.'

do you think that you could love me

mary?

you think we got a chance of a life

do you think that you could love me

mary?

now you are to be my wife. we had a prairie wedding

there was a preacher and a neighbor or two

i gave my golden thing

a gold wedding ring

and the both of us said 'i do.'

now when the sun is going down in the prairie

and the golden hair is a flame

i say 'do you really love me

mary?'

i hold her and i whisper her name. do you think that you could love me

mary?

you think we got a chance of a life

do you think that you could love me

mary?

now you are to be my wife.