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I’ll Give You One More As You Go

[ Roud 3755 ; Ballad Index R376 ; trad.]

I’ll Give You One More As You Go can be found in Wehman’s Universal Songster 17 published in the 1880s by the Henry J. Wehman publishing company of New York and Chicago.

MichaelAnnJillo sang I’ll Give You One More in a probably 1990s home recording in Mike and Ann Waterson’s kitchen. It was included in 2023 as the title track of their CD I’ll Give You One More As You Go.

Lyrics

MichaelAnnJillo sing I’ll Give You One More

My sweetheart’s a shy little miss,
She’s the girl that I fondly adore.
And when I ask for a kiss
She’ll give me just one and no more.

Well I asked for a kiss Sunday night,
I being her only beau,
She exclaimed with a fright,
“Why, don’t squeeze me so tightly,
I’ll give you one more as you go.”

Chorus
I’ll give you one more as you go,
I’ll give you one more as you go,
She exclaimed with a fright,
“Why, don’t squeeze me so tightly,
I’ll give you one more as you go.”

Now her father is a feeling old man,
He’s always a-feeling for me.
I remember this feeling began
When I went round his daughter to see.

I were bidding my sweetheart goodnight
In the usual manner you know,
When he exclaimed with a swear
As his foot smote the air,
“I will give you one more as you go.”

Chorus
I’ll give you one more as you go
I’ll give you one more as you go
He exclaimed with a swear
As his foot smote the air,
“I will give you one more as you go.”

He got a dog, it’s an ugly old brute,
It were onto me quick as a flash.
Got stuck in my five guinea suit
And it started my hundred yard dash.

Over the garden wall
I went in a manner not slow,
When a voice from the house
It yelled, “Sic him up, Towser,
And give him one more as you go.”

Chorus
I’ll give you one more as you go
I’ll give you one more as you go
When a voice from the house
It yelled, “Sic him up, Towser,
And give him one more as you go.”

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Garry Gillard for transcribing the lyrics.