Gideon Briggs, I Love You

[DORRIE WHITBRED]
Nesting dove or flying lark
I wish me Gideon, day and dark
Flying lark or nesting dove
I wish me Gideon for my love

[GIDEON BRIGGS: spoken]
Dorrie!
Dorrie!
Dorrie?

[DORRIE WHITBRED: spoken]
Yes, Gideon?

[GIDEON BRIGGS: spoken]
I've something to say to you
It's been waiting inside me like a long hunger
It makes me want to shout

[GIDEON BRIGGS]
And sing it out
And to leave you no doubt when I say
Dorrie, I dearly love you
Love you
There it is, plain as daylight
I love you
Love you
Love you with all my heart

[GIDEON BRIGGS: spoken]
It's my hope to marry you
If you'll have me

[DORRIE WHITBRED: spoken]
Gideon Briggs, I
Believe your shirt needs a mеnd
I'll sew it

[GIDEON BRIGGS: spoken]
What's that got to do with love?

[DORRIE WHITBRED: spoken]
'Tis a way of showing it

[GIDEON BRIGGS]
I'll not spell it in fancy еmbroidery
Nor bake it into a bilberry tart
Dorrie, I dearly
Love you
Love you
Love you with all my heart

[DORRIE WHITBRED]
Gideon Briggs, I
Gideon Briggs, I
Oh, I wish I were brazen and bold
Instead of so ladylike shy
For then as we meet, I'll not gape at my feet
But I'd look at him straight in the eye
And I'd shout
And I'd sing it out
And I'd leave him no doubt when I say

Gideon Briggs, I love you
Love you
There it is, plain as daylight
I love you
Love you
Love you with all my heart

I'll not spell it in fancy embroidery
Nor bake it into a bilberry tart
Gideon Briggs, I
Love you
Love you
Love you with all my heart