Over the past weekend, I decided to listen to some Frank Sinatra while I was studying, and while it was naturally a thoroughly enjoyable experience, I couldn’t help but be somewhat surprised by the lyrics of “Love and Marriage” (which I hadn’t heard in a while) when it came on: “Love and marriage, love and marriage / it’s an institute you can’t disparage.” One forgets that hugely popular singers used to sing like this. I put the lyrics below, which are worth a look, and here’s the original song, which is certainly worth a listen.
Love and marriage, love and marriage
Go together like a horse and carriage
This I tell you, brother
You can’t have one without the otherLove and marriage, love and marriage
It’s an institute you can’t disparage
Ask the local gentry
And they will say it’s elementaryTry, try, try to separate them
It’s an illusion
Try, try, try, and you will only come
To this conclusionLove and marriage, love and marriage
Go together like the horse and carriage
Dad was told by mother
You can’t have one, you can’t have none, you can’t have one without the other!No Sir!