Cat. #0412 (MFH #640) - As sung by Mrs. Olive Coberley, Wheatland, Missouri on September 9, 1959
VERSE 1
I met a young lady
That was very nice
An' finely I asked her,
To be my wife
But when I would ask her
Th time for t' set
She always would answer me,
Time enough yet
Time enough yet, time enough yet
She always would answer me,
Time enough yet
VERSE 2
At length I told her
Her passion was gone
An' more, I would'nt be
Fooled so long
She burst out laughing
At seein' me fret
Still hummin' her tune
There is time enough yet
Time enough yet, time enough yet
Still hummin' 'er tune
There is time enough yet
VERSE 3
I rose from her presence
Rushed out at th door
Determined my eyes on her
Never to set
Never to set, never to set
Determined my eyes on her
Never to set
VERSE 4
She wrote me a letter
As long as her arm
Because in her heart
She meant me no harm
I got me a pen
An' down I did set
I wrote her a letter
There's time enough yet
Time enough yet, time enough yet
I wrote her a letter
There's time enough yet