MAGNOLIA AND HONEYSUCKLE SCENT THE AIR

OF A SOFT SOUTHERN SUMMER'S DAY.

MY PRECIOUS LOVE WAITS THERE BENEATH THE TREE,

I'LL GO TO HER, COME WHAT MAY.

O SWEET HONEYSUCKLE, SCENT DIVINE,

MAGNOLIA BLOSSOMS, MOONLIGHT WHITE

OH MY LOVE , PLEASE COME TO ME,

WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND ME AND HOLD ME TIGHT.

PALE AS A MAGNOLIA IS YOUR SKIN,

SWEET AS HONEYSUCKLE IS YOUR KISS,

YOU ARE THE ONE FOR ME, MY LOVE,

YOU FILL MY HEART WITH BLISS.

OH, MY SWEET MISSISSIPPI BELLE,

WITH MOON TOUCHED BLOSSOM IN YOUR HAIR,

HONEYSUCKLE BLOOMS SWEETLY SCENT THE NIGHT,

AS I WITH YOU PRECIOUS TIME DO SHARE.

ON TREMBLING KNEE I THUS KNEEL DOWN,

AND LIFTING UP YOUR SILKEN HAND,

AND PLEAD WITH YOU TO BE MY WIFE,

I'D BE THE PROUDEST MAN IN THIS WHOLE LAND.

YOU SOFTLY REACH OUT, TOUCH MY FACE,

IN GENTLE VOICE YOU DO CONFESS,

ALL YOUR ABOUNDING LOVE FOR ME,

MY HEART IS FULL, FOR YOU HAVE SAID YES.