P.S. I Love You

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(1934) Lyrics -- Johnny Mercer Music -- Gordon Jenkins

What is there to write? What is there to say?
[the]Same things happen every day.
Not a thing to write, not a thing to say,
so I take my pen in hand and start the same old way.

Dear, I thought I'd drop a line.
The weather's cool. The folks are fine.
I'm in bed each night at nine.
P.S. I love you.

Yesterday we had some rain,
but all in all I can't complain.
Was it dusty on the train?
P.S. I love you.

Write to the Browns just as soon as you're able.
They came around to call.
I burned a hole in the dining room table.
And let me see, I guess that's all.

Nothin' else for me to say,
and so I'll close. Oh, by the way,
everybody's thinkin' of you.
P.S. I love you.

I do my best to obey all your wishes.
I put a sign up. Think.
Now I’ve got to buy us a new set of dishes,
or wash the ones that have piled in the sink.

Nothing else to tell you, dear.
Except, each day feels like a year.
Every night I'm dreamin' of you.
P.S. I love you.
P.S. I love you.


This is a song from someone who’s by herself at home, writing a letter to her husband who had to take a train to somewhere.

VOCABULARY
1. What is your first clue that this song is a letter?

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2. The idiom “drop a line” can be used in conversation.
Often it’s said like this: When you go back home, drop me a line.
a. let’s go fishing. b. write me a letter. c. drop down on the floor

3. What’s a synonym for “folks” as when it says, “The folks are fine.”?
a. family b. children c. parents

4. What does P.S. mean? _____________________________
5. Where would you write P.S. as part of a letter?
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6. What does “All in all I can’t complain.”
a. I think everything is going wrong.
b. Almost everything is fine.
c. All I know is how to complain.

7. We use the word “the” in front of last names to indicate the family.
For example,
a. The Gatis live on Allston Way. The Gatis are the Gati family.
b. The Chens live in the Sunset District -- Mr. and Mrs. Chen and their two
children.
c. YOUR TURN Please write a sentence about your family, using the plural of your last name.
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8. Who are “the Browns” in this song?
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9. What does she mean when she says, “The Browns came around to call.”
a. The Browns telephoned.
b. Mr. and Mrs. Brown came over to our house.
c. Mr. and Mrs. Brown walked around the block.
10. “Write to the Browns just as soon as you’re able.”
a. when you have time
b. when you’re not sick
c. when you want to do it.

11. I’ll close means
a. Turn off the lights.
b. I’ll lock the door.
c. I’m finished writing.

12. “Each day feels like a year” means
a. I’m tired at the end of every day.
b. It’s been a year since you’ve been gone.
c. Every day seems like a long time.

13. What words rhyme?
Rhymes are words that have the same vowel sounds, usually at the end of the words.
For example. MEET rhymes with GREET and SEAT. (The spelling does not have to be the same, only the pronunciation.)
a. In the song, what rhymes with line? _____________________
b. In the song, what rhymes with rain? _____________________
c. In the song, what rhymes with table? _____________________
d. In the song, what rhymes with all ? _____________________
e. In the song, what rhymes with way? _____________________
f. In the song, what rhymes with dishes ? _____________________
g. In the song, what rhymes with sink? _____________________
h. In the song, what rhymes with year? _____________________


COMPREHENSION (Answer in complete sentences.)
1. How was the weather (as reported by the writer)? ______________________________________________________
2. What time does he/she go to bed every night?
______________________________________________________
3. Why do you think she burned a hole in the dining room table?
4. When would you say, “by the way.”
I would say “by the way”
a. after I’ve said “Good-bye” and then I think of something else I
want to say.
b. when I want to tell you the right way to do something
c. when I want to tell you the way to go somewhere


5. Please write me a letter.
a. Put your address on the top right (city, state, and zip code under your
number street apt. #)
b. Write the date under the address.
c. Write Dear Sally, (followed by a comma).
d. Indent your first line.
e. Tell me something interesting (at least two sentences).
f. End your letter with Sincerely, (followed by a comma)
g. Sign your name under Sincerely.
h. Add “P.S.” and tell me something you forgot to say in your letter.