paper of/and pins

[Mark Mandel]

See http://www.theweebsite.com/ragnar/songs/paper_of_pins.html. This
page has two versions:

1. the one that starts off the Mudcat Cafe thread I pointed to ("PAPER
OF PINS (3)", last verse starting "Ah ha ha now I see, / You love my
money but you don't love me"

2. below that, one that matches your earworm scrap, begining "I'll
give to you a paper of pins, For that's the way true love begins. This
one has a happy (-ily-ever-after) ending, "Yes, I'll accept the key to
your heart, That we may love and never part..."

I heard some form of the happy-ending version as a child, and I still
have the tune in my head, though I don't remember it's being anywhere
near as long as this one.


Mark Mandel


On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Alison Murie <sagehen7470 at att.net> wrote:
>
> A rather defective earworm has been dogging me since this thread
> began:...."(....tumty tum).......a paper of pins, For that's the way
> true love begins."
> AM

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