(When the Parson Hands the Wedding-Band)
A popular song from 1917.
Words by Bernie Grossman.
Music by Arthur Lange.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’ve got a little piece of string
It’s just the measure of a ring
That is for my bride
And engraved inside:
“From Me to Mandy Lee”
It’s goin’ to cause a big surprise
The folks will open up their eyes
They don’t know a thing
Of what I’m goin’ to bring
Chorus
And when I show them the band
That I bought for the hand of Mandy Lee
There’ll be talk around the family
Lordy how they all will envy me
I’ll get a kiss from my mother
And a blessing from my dad
Neighbors by the score
Knockin’ at the door
Maybe I won’t be mighty glad
And then I’ll pray night and day
For the one happy day that’s coming soon
When they play that old familiar tune
It’s the one that means a honeymoon
Then there’ll be rice all over Dixieland
When that ever-loving Parson
Hands the wedding band
From me to Mandy Lee
- Upon each face there’ll be a smile
As we go marching down the aisle
Every one will stare at a happy pair
“From me to Mandy Lee”
Around us two the folks will crowd
I know I surely will be proud
Try and picture me
How happy I will be
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: