“To have and to hold,
Till death do us part,”
Were the wedding vows,
Henry promised his blushing bride.
She was his one true love,
He was always by her side.
The couple bought a new home,
The mortgage was set up for them now.
They needed to have and hold,
All that made married life whole.
That all-essential new silver key,
Ownership of their land and property.
It was for generations,
A matter of great family pride,
To have and to hold,
The new home and the blushing bride.
In life we have and we hold,
On to all the material things in life.
We have and we hold,
The new home and the blushing bride.
We have and we hold,
All that we buy and own in this world.
All that we have and that we hold,
All that really makes us complete and whole,
Is the fullness of our immortal spiritual soul.