Waiting At The Church - Beatrice Kay

I'm in a nice bit of trouble I confess

Somebody with me has had a game

I should by now be a proud and happy bride

But I've still got to keep me single name

I was proposed to by Obadiah Binks

In a very gentlemanly way

If I do say so me so fary they shouldn't tell

I lent him all me money

So that he could buy the home

And punctually at twelve o'clock today

And there was I waiting at the church

Oh waiting at the church

Oh waiting at the church

Oh when I found he'd left me in the lurch

Lord how it did upset me

All at once he sent me round a note

Here is the very note

And this is what he wrote

I can't get away to marry you today

Oh my wife won't let me

Lord what a fuss Obadiah made of me

When he used to take me in the park

He used to squeeze me till I was black and blue

When he kissed me he used to leave a mark

Each time he met me he treated me to wine

Took me now and then to see the play

Are we wide and nice lady where

Now understand me rightly when I say he treated me

It wasn't him but me that used to pay

There was I waiting at the church

Waiting at the church

Waiting at the church

Oh when I found he'd left me in the lurch

Lord how it did upset me

All at once he sent me round a note

Now here's the very note

Look

This is what he wrote

I can't get away to marry you today

Oh my wife won't let me