====== #1166 - Waiting at the Church ======
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  *Composer:
    *Henry E. Pether, 1905
  *Title variations:
    *misspelled as //Cuhrch// in some brochures
  *Also known as:
    *My Wife Won't Let Me
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
I'm in a nice bit of trouble, I confess;\\
Somebody with me has had a game.\\
I should by now be a proud and happy bride,\\
But I've still got to keep my single name.\\
I was proposed to by Obadiah Binks\\
In a very gentlemanly way;\\
Lent him all my money\\
So that he could buy a home,\\
And punctually at twelve o'clock to-day,\\
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There was I, waiting at the church,\\
Waiting at the church, waiting at the church;\\
When I found he'd left me in the lurch.\\
Lor, how it did upset me!\\
All at once, he sent me round a note\\
Here's the very note, this is what he wrote:\\
"Can't get away to marry you today,\\
My wife won't let me!"\\
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Lor, what a fuss Obadiah made of me\\
When he used to take me in the park!\\
He used to squeeze me till I was black and blue,\\
When he kissed me he used to leave a mark.\\
Each time he met me he treated me to port,\\
Took me now and then to see the play;\\
Understand me rightly,\\
When I say he treated me,\\
It wasn't him but me that used to pay.\\
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Just think how disappointed I must feel,\\
I'll be off me crumpet very soon.\\
I've lost my husband, the one I never had!\\
And I dreamed so about the honeymoon.\\
I'm looking out for another Obadiah,\\
I've already bought the wedding ring,\\
There's all my little fal-the-riddles\\
Packed up in my box,\\
Yes, absolutely two of ev'rything.\\
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    *Fred W. Leigh, 1905