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Tunes4Two
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A Paper Of Pins
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2-Voice Evolving Canon
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Work
The boy's and girl's parts of A Paper Of Pins have been arranged as 2 sections of a 2-voice evolving canon, the first section in diatonic minor and the second section
in diatonic major.
Lyrics
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The boy- Verse 1
I’ll offer to you a paper of pins,
For that’s the way my love begins;
I’ll offer to you a paper of pins,
If you will marry me.
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The girl- Verse 1
I’ll never accept your paper of pins,
That’s not the way my love begins;
I’ll never accept your paper of pins,
And I won’t marry you.
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Verse 2
I’ll offer to you a nice easy chair,
To comb your golden hair;
I’ll offer to you a nice easy chair,
If you will marry me.
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Verse 2
I’ll never accept your coach and six,
That’s not the way my love begins;
I’ll never accept your coach and six,
And I won’t marry you.
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Verse 3
I ’ll offer to you a fine dress of red,
Stiched all around with golden thread;
I ’ll offer to you a fine dress of red,
If you will marry me.
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Verse 3
I’ll never accept your fine dress of red,
Stiched all around with golden thread;
I’ll never accept your fine dress of red,
And I won’t marry you.
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Verse 4
I ’ll offer to you the key to my heart,
That we may love and never part
I ’ll offer to you the key to my heart,
If you will marry me.
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Verse 4
I’ll never accept the key to your heart,
That we may love and never part;
I’ll never accept the key to your heart,
And I won’t marry you.
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Verse 5
I ’ll offer to you the key to my chest,
With all the gold that you request;
I ’ll offer to you the key to my chest,
If you will marry me.
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Verse 5
I’ll gladly accept the key to your chest,
With all the gold that I request;
I’ll gladly accept the key to your chest,
And I will marry you.
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Verse 6
Oh, coffee you love, and also love tea,
And you love gold, but don’t love me;
Oh, coffee you love, and also love tea,
If you will marry me.
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Verse 6
I’d rather be a lonely old maid,
Take my stool and sit in the shade;
I’d rather be a lonely old maid,
And I won’t marry you.
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Performance
Routine
This song is traditionally sung in 2 quite different versions -
!. A rather adult, disillusioned, negative version, with the verses given above,
in which the rapacious Girl turns the Boy off,
and they agree to disagree in a "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" ending.
2. A Disney / happy ending, in which the Girl accepts the Boy's offer, using
Verses 1-3, for both the Boy and the Girl, then
Verse 4 for the Boy, and a modified version of Verse 5 for the Girl :
I’ll gladly accept the key to your heart,
That we may love and never part;
I’ll gladly accept the key to your heart,
And I will marry you.
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