What I Want
I don't Want a pipe and I don't want a watch. I don't want cigars or a bottle oj Scotch. I don't want a thing that your money can buy. I don't want a shirt or a gay-coloured tic. if you really would make this old heart of mine glad, I just want to you're still fond of your dad. You women folks say, and believe it I can, "It's so terribly hard to buy things for a man I" And from all that I've heard I am sure it must be. Well, I don't Want you spending your money on me. The joy that I crave in a shop can't be had. 1 just want to know you're still fond of your dad. Get on with your shopping; gitie others the stuff I For me just a hug and a k'» ore enoughl Come in on my birthday with love in your eye. And tell mc you think I'm a pretty swell guy. With that for my gift I can never be sad. I just Want to k n °u> you're still fond of your dad.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22777, 10 July 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)
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190What I Want New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22777, 10 July 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)
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