Verse 1: Closed in the parlor we are alone,
Happy to be with one that I love.
I'll ask you kindly, Oh Mamie dove,
Do speak just a few words to bind us in love.
I will confess that I have been false,
The other girl was really the cause;
She is a flirt too, and never still,
I don't love none but you, Please say you will.

Chorus: Must I plead, must I kneel, and you not forgive?
Has your heart, love, been sealed? Do you love me still?
You have always been true. Now why not forgive?
I don't love none but you, Please say you will.

Verse 2: Oh Mamie loved one don't treat me so,
You have forsaken, where will I go,
Bowed on my knees I pray once again,
Forgive me my loved one for I am to blame.
Once you were kind and kissed me so sweet, The other girl has fooled me complete,
Now I will live true, why not forgive,
I don't love none but you, Please say you will.

Chorus: Must I plead, must I kneel, and you not forgive?
Has your heart, love, been sealed? Do you love me still?
You have always been true. Now why not forgive?
I don't love none but you, Please say you will.

Verse 3: Now we must part love. I'll ask again,
Don't let this pleading be all in vain;
You know I love you. Why not forgive?
For my heart is broken, Oh please say you will.
Let us agree love, open your heart,
Don't let that flirt now keep us apart.
I am so humble and pleading still,
I don't love none but you, Please say you will.

Chorus: Must I plead, must I kneel, and you not forgive?
Has your heart, love, been sealed? Do you love me still?
You have always been true. Now why not forgive?
I don't love none but you, Please say you will.