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Can't You See I Mean You

Adrian Ross

“Can't You See I Mean You” as printed in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918).

Adrian Ross: Collected Lyrics Text 1 1918 · historical text
Public domainSoldier songHistorical song
Complete public-domain lyrics

This text comes from The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

All that I want is somebody to love me

And to love me well

Very well

Morning and night to be ready and willing

Of that love to tell

Very well

Holding my hand as in fancy we wander

Through this great big world for two.

All that I want is somebody to love me,

Can't you see I mean you.

Credits

Written by Adrian Ross

Words by Adrian Ross. Historical text published in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918), “Can't You See I Mean You”

The 1918 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; other entries are held.

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