FRIENDLY PERSUASION (THEE I LOVE)
From the film "Friendly Persuasion" (1956)
(Music: Dimitri Tiomkin / Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster)

Pat Boone (Film Soundtrack) - 1956
Tony Perkins - 1957
Johnny Mathis - 1963
Ray Conniff, His Orch. & Chorus - 1965
Cleo Laine - 1974
Gladys Knight & The Pips - 1980

Also recorded by:
The Four Aces; George Shearing; Johnny Pearson;
Mantovani; Frank Chacksfield; Mystic Moods Orch.



Thee I love, more than the meadows so green and still,
More than the mulberries on the hill,
More than the buds on the  mayapple tree, I love thee.

Arms have I, strong as the oak for this occasion;
Lips have I to kiss thee too, in friendly persuasion.

Thee is mine, though I don't know many words of praise;
Thee pleasures me in a hundred ways,
Put on your bonnet, your cape and your glove
And come with me, for thee I love.

(Instrumental Break)

Friendly persuasion
Thee is mine, though I don't know many words of praise;
Thee pleasures me in a hundred ways,
Put on your bonnet, your cape, and your glove
And come with me, for thee I love.


(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - April 2006)