From the musical “Carousel”, 1945
Words by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
Music by Richard Rodgers
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
His name is Mister Snow
And an upstanding man is he
He comes home every night
In his round-bottomed boat
With a net full of herring from the sea
An almost perfect beau
As refined as a girl could wish
But he spends so much time
In his round- bottomed boat
That he can’t seem to lose the smell of fish
The first time he kissed me
The whiff of his clo’es
Knocked me flat on the floor of the room
But now that I love him
My heart’s in my nose
And fish is my fav’rit perfume
Last night he spoke quite low
And a fair-spoken man is he
And he said, “Miss Pipperidge, I’d like it fine
If I could be wed with a wife
And, indeed, Miss Pipperidge, if you’ll be mine
I’ll be yours fer the rest of my life”
Next moment we were promised
And now my mind’s in a maze
Fer all I ken do is look forward to
That wonderful day of days
Refrain:
When I marry Mister Snow
The flowers’ll be buzzin’ with the hum of bees
The birds’ll make a racket in the churchyard trees
When I marry Mister Snow
Then it’s off to home we’ll go
And both of us’ll look a little dreamy-eyed
A-drivin’ to a cottage by the oceanside
Where the salty breezes blow
He’ll carry me ’cross the threshold
And I’ll be as meek as a lamb
Then he’ll set me on my feet
And I’ll say, kinda sweet
“Well, Mister Snow, here I am”
Then I’ll kiss him so he’ll know
That ev’rythin’ll be as right as right ken be
A-livin’ in a cottage by the sea with me
For I love that Mister Snow
That young, seafarin’, bold and darin’
Big, bewhiskered, overbearin’
Darlin’ Mister Snow!