Time Enough Yet- William Lassiter 1870
[Evidently a parlor song from the 1800s. Belden collected a version in Missouri in 1905, and Max Hunter collected a version.
R. Matteson 2014]
TIME ENOUGH YET
When I was youthful, bold and young,
I courted a girl with a flattering tongue
I tried to get her the marriage set
She always answered me, "Time enough yet!"
REFRAIN: "Time enough yet!" "Time enough yet!"
She always answered me, "Time enough yet!"
2, At last I told her my patience was wrong,
I was tired of being fooled and knowing so long;
She burst out laughing at seeing me fret,
Still humming that same old tune, "Time enough yet!"
REFRAIN.
3. I gave her ny chair and rushed at the door,
Declared to her I would see her no more;
No more, no more she would make me to fret,
By humming that same old tune, "Time enough yet!"
4. She wrote me a letter as long as my arm,
Declaring to me that she meant no harm;
I got me a chair and down I set,
I wrote her an answer "There's time enough yet!"
5. Come, all you young ladies whose sweethearts are plenty
Be sure you are married before you are twenty;
For if you don't you are sure to regret
The very first time you say, "Time enough yet!"
This song was Learned by W. H. C. Lassiter about the year 1870, and from him by his daughter, Mrs. L.L.McDowell.