Friendly Persuasion (song)

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"Friendly Persuasion" is a popular song with music by Dimitri Tiomkin and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. It was published in 1956 and appeared in the 1956 film of the same name.

The best-known version of the song was recorded that year by Pat Boone. The title is an obvious play on words since the film centers on a Quaker family, a religion known as the "Society Of Friends." Thus, they are be said to be of the "Friendly" Persuasion.

LYRICS: Thee I love, more than the meadow so green and still More than the mulberries on the hill More than the buds of a May apple 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

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