I'm in a nice bit of trouble,
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.
Oh, he was an arse, gent, he really was
I lent him all me money
so that he could buy the home
And punctually at twelve o
'clock today
There was I, waiting at the church,
waiting at the church,
waiting at the church
When I found he left me in the lurch,
lo, how it did upset me
All at once he sent me round a note,
well here's the very note,
and this is what he wrote
I can't get away to marry you today,
my wife won't let me
Oh you cheeky devil
Oh, what a fuss Obadiah made of me
When he used to take me in the park
You know, 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
He took me now and then to see the play
Oh, it was lovely and ever so posh
Well, understand me rightly
when I say he treated me
He wasn't him, but neither used to pay
There was I waiting at the church,
waiting at the church,
waiting at the church
When I found he left me in the lurch,
oh how he did upset me
All at once he sent me
round a note,
here's the very note
And this is what he wrote,
I can't get a wife to marry you to die
My wife won't let me