WE WILL MARRY

WE WILL MARRY

We will marry, we will marry,
No reason left to tarry.
No longer will we be sold short,
By our state or by the courts.

We will marry, we will marry,
Raise a glass of wine or sherry,
In a farmhouse or a stable,
In the house of the seven gables.

To you my long betrothed,
I will hand a single rose.
And I will crown you king,
On your finger place a ring.

We will marry, we will marry,
On the courthouse stairs,
We will speak our vows in earnest,
To the crowd assembled there.
In a barn replete with horses.
Or the finest of golf courses,
On the sand or in the shales,
With the dolphins or the whales.
On a prairie buttressed by the winds,
Amidst a chorus of violins.

We will marry, we will marry,
Here in the land of the free,
Love will join our fates forever,
From now until the twelfth of never,
In your heart I'll be.

Forever will our stars align,
Never brokenhearted,
The heavens issue forth a sign,
The clouds have all but parted,
It may have taken fourteen years,
But we'll finish what we started.

We will marry, we will marry,
The choir will sing a tune,
Be it in broad daylight,
Or beneath the August moon.
To any and all detractors,
This I have to say,
Virginia is for all the lovers,
Both the straight and gay.

We will marry, we will marry,
Our lives will intertwine,
For always I will carry,
This love of yours and mine.
My heart it overflows with pride,
This life's become a happy ride.
And we will raise a gleesome toast,
To our friends and all we love the most.
To all of you we raise a glass,
And start our lives as married chaps.

We will marry, we will marry,
On Christmas Eve or a day in June,
We do not know for certain when,
But it will be someday soon.
We will marry, we will marry, 
No reason left to tarry,
No longer will we be sold short,
By our state or by the courts..

-Bruce Potts
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