We only knew each other by letter,
When I met her over the train,
When the smoke cleared and the dust was still,
She was standing there speaking my name.

I guarantee she looked like an angel,
I couldn’t think of what I should say,
But when Adam saw Eve in the garden,
I believe he felt the selfsame way.

I handed her up on the wagon,
And I loaded up her trunk behind,
She was sitting up there with the gold in her hair,
I tried to get a hope on my mind.

You think that you could love me, Mary? ,
You think we got a chance of a life,
Do you think that you could love me, Mary?
Now you are to be my wife.
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We finally headed out of the station,
And drove up my home trail,
And when we came to the farm she laid a hand on my arm,
I thought my resolution would fail.

Now froze as she stepped thru the doorway,
And I stood there as still as could be,
I said: “I know, it ain’t much it needs a woman’s touch,
Perhaps she turned around and looked at me”.

Do you think that ...

We had a prairie wedding,
There was a preacher and a neighbor or two,
I gave my golden thing, a gold wedding ring,
And the both of us said “I do”.

Now when the sun is going down in the prairie,
And the golden hair is a flame,
I say “do you really love me, Mary?”
I hold her and I whisper her name.

Do you think that ...