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An Earnest Proposal
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The least romantic propaosal ever contrived by a male of the species, well maybe!
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In the words of James Taylor, It's me and my guitar. Always in the same mood! Then again, maybe my guitar is just humoring me - sigh -
Just me, I'm an old Folksinger that still plays out once in a blue moon. Thank you for listening to my primitive acoustic songs. I am a retired Army Bandsman, a certified Wall Wacker, and am currently a teacher. Next time I retire I am going back into Folksinging. It's the perfect occupation really, no hope of fame and fortune and definately keeps me humble. Folksinging just naturally makes me a better person I s'pose.
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Genre
World • Traditional Celtic
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#346 in subgenre Peak #11
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Peak #178
Author
Charles W - T Consaul
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I wrote it, played it and sang it.
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January 07, 2006
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MP3 2.6 MB • 128 kbps • 2:18
Story behind the song
I got talking to a father of a freind of mine in ScottsBluff Nebraska, (Calvin Steffensmeier) and he told me how he proposed to his wife. I thought that was the most awkward proposal I had ever heard in my life, but he said that was why it worked. She had heard all of the smooth talk she needed to hear in one lifetime and just wanted someone she could believe in. I guess he was it!
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An Earnest Proposal Charles W - T Consaul 1. I know your father hates me For he says I work the earth But I own the land I manage And I know just what it's worth I don't have his fancy words I cannot wear his fancy clothes But when none will buy his trinkets I could feed him, I suppose I've seen the boys you Fancy And I've heard their elegant words How they hook you like a shephard And they drive you to thier herds But to my way of thinking there's a brain up in your head So I'll look into your hazel eyes And speak to it instead C: I would live for you and work for you If you would live with me We'll do the whole thing legally With all Propriety GOD will be our witness And the land will be our bond We'll own each other as the earth we walk upon We'll own each other as the earth we walk upon 2. I'l build a house to keep us From the weather and the cold I'll give you all my labor And you'll give me babes to hold Your voice will speak as mine Your closest whisper will be heard And I'll put your name upon the deed You have my word I don't have romance in me So my words are harsh and bare But a feeling in my heart Says you're the one to put it there I'm well endowed with property But a pauper of the soul I look to your prosperity To make me whole Chorus
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