Please Say You Will (1895)

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Scott Joplin's first published sheet music.

words and music by Scott Joplin
published by M. L. Mantell, Syracuse, New York

1. Closed in the parlor we are alone
Happy to be with one that I love
I'll ask you kindly, oh, Mamie dove
Do speak just a few words to bind us in love
I will confess that I have been false
The other girl was really the cause
She is a flirt, too, and never still
I don't love none but you, please say you will

Chorus:
Must I plead, must I kneel and you not forgive?
Has your heart, love, been sealed, do you love me still?
You have always been true, now why not forgive?
I don't love none but you, please say you will

2. Oh, Mamie, loved one, don't treat me so
You have forsaken, where will I go?
Bowed on my knees I pray once again
Forgive me my loved one, for I am to blame
Once you were kind and kissed me so sweet
The other girl has folled me complete
Now I will live true, why not forgive?
I don't love none but you, please say you will

3. Now we must part, love, I'll ask again
Don't let this pleading be all in vain
You know I love you, why not forgive?
For my heart is broken, oh, please say you will
Let us agree, love, open your heart
Don't let that flirt now keep us apart
I am so humble and pleading still
I don't love none but you, please say you will

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sheet music found at Library of Congress online
midi notes found at IMSLP Petrucci Music Library online
piano according to the sheet music
sung by sheet music singer, Fred Feild

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