I'll give you everything I have
You won't ever need to earn a penny
and the ring upon your hand
that you're my darling Annie.
I'll be glad to add your wages onto mine.
I can work and keep myself so handy.
without a golden wedding band.
For it's love, love will hold us,
Who could dream of anything
Not the bow, not the string,
not the golden wedding ring
Just to love you and me together
I will give to you my name
It will shield you from idle talk and envy
For when you play the game,
you're secure from any blame
Not a shame to be my darling Annie
I'm grateful for the offer of your name
But my own will do as well as Annie
and the rules wouldn't make me change
Not the same girl you married,
For it's love, love will hold us,
Who could dream of anything
Not the vow, not the spring,
not the golden wedding ring
Just you, of you and me together
we'll get a house and settle down
With a family and a home,
love, you'll never feel alone
Left on the shelf a spinster
Dearest love, we could surely
find a place to call our own
All we need is some influence and money
But I don't need a ring or
To become a mother or a granny
For it's love, love will hold us,
Not the bow, not the string,
not the golden wedding ring
Just to love you and me together
I will be faithful unto death
You will have all my love
We will care, we will share life
in sickness and in health
you can draw the widow's pension
and I'll be faithful unto death
We will share all the burdens
me for you and you for me
But when we're old enough,
For it's love, love will hold us,
Not the bow, not the string,
not the golden wedding ring
Just you, of you and me together you
