He Wooed Her and Wooed Her Lyrics
He Wooed Her and Wooed Her - Gracie Fields
He was a lad in his twenties
She was a girl in her teens
The time it was when there was spring in the air
And ev'ryone knows what that means
Without any doubt he decided
That she was the one in his life
So he knelt on his right knee and twisted his left
And asked her if she'd be his wife
Oh he wooed her and wooed her and wooed her
She wouldn't say "yes" there and then
'Cause her mother had said she was much too young
So he wooed her and wooed her again
He was a lad in his thirties
She in her twenty-third year
He still loved the girl
But she still answered "no"
So he dropped a strong silent tear
And when he was passing his forties
She said "I want you for my own
Which would break Mother's heart now
If I were to wed
And she'd hate to be left all alone "
So he wooed her and wooed her and wooed her
She wouldn't say "yes" there and then
'Cause her mother had said she was much too young
So he wooed her and wooed her again
He was a lad in his sixties
She was about fifty-three
And he was still crazy to wed but her ma
Still warbled "The Isle of Capri "
And when he had grown to the eighties
He told her that he'd done his best
And although he'd been faithful for sixty-nine years
He was only a man like the rest
Still he wooed her and wooed her and wooed her
She wouldn't say "yes" there and then
'Cause her mother had said she was much too young
So he wooed her and wooed her again
He was a hundred and twenty
She about hundred and four
And he had entirely given up hope
Till her ma went and married once more
At last the girl said she would wed him
And though it may sound very weird
For the poor stork had waited for so many years
That it flew down the flue with a beard
Oh he wooed her and wooed her and wooed her
She didn't say "no" any more
So he cuddled and kissed and he wooed he did
As he never had wooed her before