Could’ve Been a Ring Lyrics by Pert Kelton, Lee Cass
Greenwillow
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[CLEGG] \n'Twas the lilac bushes where I spied ya \nGettin' altogether dry \nFrom your altogether dip in the brook \n \n[GRAMMA, spoken] \nExcuse me for turning my back then \n \n[CLEGG, spoken] \nThat was nice, too \n \n[CLEGG] \nFor the lilac bushes couldn't hide ya \nCouldn't hide ya from the look \nFrom that ever-longing look that I took \n \n[GRAMMA, spoken] \nLook, Thomas Clegg, you pounced \n \n[CLEGG] \nNow there was a good thing \nFor a single young man \n \n[GRAMMA] \nAnd speakin' of good things \n'Tis a good thing I ran \n \n[CLEGG & GRAMMA] \nOh yes, there \nCould've been a ring \nCould've been a ring-ding \nCould've been a ring-ding-dee \n \n[CLEGG] \nCould've been a hurry-up layin' of the plans \n \n[GRAMMA] \nWaggin' of the tongues \n \n[CLEGG] \nCryin' of the banns \n \n[CLEGG & GRAMMA] \nCould've been a ring \nCould've been a ring-ding \nFor you and me \n \n[CLEGG] \nBut we never \n \n[GRAMMA] \nNo, we never \n \n[CLEGG] \nWe came mighty near to nearly \n \n[GRAMMA] \nBut \n \n[CLEGG] \nWe never \nYou were cautious \n \n[GRAMMA] \nI were clever \n \n[CLEGG] \nWe came \n \n[CLEGG & GRAMMA] \nMighty near to nearly \nBut we never \n \n[GRAMMA, spoken] \nHa ha ha \nOh, that Easter Monday night dancing \n \n[CLEGG, spoken] \nHow I danced, how I danced ya \n \n[GRAMMA, spoken] \nSmack bottom 'gainst the barn wall \n \n[CLEGG & GRAMMA] \nOh yes, there \nCould've been a ring \nCould've been a ring-ding \nCould've been a ring-ding-dee \n \n[CLEGG] \nCould've been a hurry-up sayin' of the vows \n \n[GRAMMA] \nBuilding of the crib— \n \n[CLEGG] \nRaisin' of the brows \n \n[CLEGG & GRAMMA] \nCould've been a ring \nCould've been a ring-ding \nFor you and me \n \n[CLEGG] \nBut we never \n \n[GRAMMA] \nNo, we never \n \n[CLEGG] \nWe came cozy close to mostly \n \n[GRAMMA] \nBut \n \n[CLEGG] \nWe never \nYou were cautious \n \n[GRAMMA] \nI were clever \n \n[CLEGG] \nWe came \n \n[CLEGG & GRAMMA] \nCozy close to mostly \nBut we never \n \n[GRAMMA, spoken] \nThomas, you know what I was thinking? \n \n[CLEGG, spoken] \nWhat, Effie? \n \n[GRAMMA, spoken] \nMy son Amos'd be your son \nHad you agreed to name him that \n \n[CLEGG & GRAMMA] \nOh yes, there \nCould've been a ring \nCould've been a ring-ding \nCould've been a ring-ding-dee \n \n[CLEGG] \nCould've been a written-down on the Bible page \n \n[GRAMMA] \nTelling 'bout his name \n \n[CLEGG] \nLyin' 'bout his age \n \n[CLEGG & GRAMMA] \nCould've been a ring \nCould've been a ring-ding \nFor you and me \n \n[CLEGG] \nBut we never \n \n[GRAMMA] \nNo, we never \n \n[CLEGG] \nWe came to the brink distinctly \n \n[GRAMMA] \nBut \n \n[CLEGG] \nWe never \nYou were cautious \n \n[GRAMMA] \nI were clever \n \n[CLEGG] \nWe came \n \n[CLEGG & GRAMMA] \nTo the brink distinctly \nCozy close to mostly \nMighty near to nearly \nBut we never\n\n
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