paper of/and pins

[Jonathan Lighter]

The version we sang in school had the crass ending,

Ha ha ha! Money is all!
A woman's love is nothing at all!
And I'll not marry you, you, you,
And I'll not marry you!

I believe the year was 1957.

JL
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> See http://www.theweebsite.com/ragnar/songs/paper_of_pins.html. This
> page has two versions:
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> 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
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> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Alison Murie <sagehen7470 at att.net> wrote:
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> > 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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