I WISH I WAS A SILVER WATCH
(Words by Alex Comfort, tune from the Forde Collection)

I wish I was a silver watch,
That in my truelove’s pocket I could be,
And every hour by day he'd look at me,
And at night upon his pillow I could lie.

I wish I was a silver swan
That on my truelove’s river I could swim,
And on his water I would glide and sing,
And in the evening I’d fly home to him.

I wish I was a silver ring
That round my truelove’s finger I could stay,
I’d grow so tight he could not let me go,
And to no other I’d be given away.

©Alex Comfort, 1963

Notes: Dr. Comfort is probably best known in Britain as a writer, broadcaster, and a researcher into the problems of old age and the extension of the life span, he is also a prolific song writer. Among his best known songs are "First Things First" and "I’ll tell you where to put it." He also supplied the words for "One man’s hands" to which Pete Seeger set a tune that has received wide recognition.

Source: New English Broadsides, page 28 (Oak Publications, 1967)

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