A LOAN

I'LL LEND YOU FOR A LITTLE WHILE

A CHILD OF MINE, HE SAID.

FOR YOU TO LOVE HER WHILE SHE LIVES

AND MOURN HER WHEN SHE'S DEAD.

I'VE SEARCHED THE WHOLE WORLD OVER

FOR TEACHERS TRIED AND TRUE,

AND OUT OF MY SELECTION

I HAVE CHOSEN YOU.

SO FILL HER HEART WITH TENDERNESS,

AND LOVE HER WHILE YOU MAY.

FOR THERE WILL COME THE TIME

I CALL HER BACK TO STAY.

IT MAY NOT BE ONE OR TWO YEARS,

OR TWENTY TWO OR THREE,

BUT WILL YOU, TILL I CALL HER BACK,

TAKE CARE OF HER FOR ME?

(The old hillbilly)