Marry With Me

Lyrics

[CATHERINE, spoken] I could be settled down right now With a man of my own if only I'd answered the letter Marry with me, he wrote Catherine, marry with me, love Bill What worries my mind is Which one of the Bill's it was that wrote that letter [Catherine] I wonder if he was the Bill Who had a tattoo on his chest A hussy all undressed He was a plumber Came to fix my faucet Didn't have the tools to find the leak He lasted out the week And stayed the summer Played the ukelele Miss him daily When I hear a drip Yeah! He's the Bill who wrote Marry with me Won'tcha marry with me? Catherine, marry with me Marry with me Love, Bill Or was he that sweet-talkin' Bill Who peddled his line door-to-door The local agent for The book of knowledge Paid the first installment Volume one which went from A to C He read out loud to me Just like a college Got up to Columbus He took some bus Still out on that trip Yeah! He's the Bill who wrote Marry with me Won'tcha marry with me Catherine, marry with me Marry with me Love, Bill Could have been the Bill Who built my chicken coop Took off on his own on a Pullman job Could have been the Bill Who liked my chicken soup Uh oh, no! His name was Bob! Bill, the heftiest man on the scene He kept my garden green Did all my seedin' Muscles looked so ripply Didn't dare refuse him what he ast The high point of my past What I've been needin' Lasted up to Autumn Could have caught him If I'd had a whip Yeah! He's the Bill who wrote Marry with me Won'tcha marry with me Catherine, marry with me Marry with me Love, Bill Known a peck of bills How could I tie the knot? The only letter in all my life I got said: Marry with me Won'tcha marry with me Catherine, marry with me Love, Bill