It Will Be Mine By-and-by - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
IT WILL BE MINE BY-AND-BY. Copyright, 1894, by T. B. Harms & Co. Words and Music by Joseph Bart. 
There is a queer expression that you oft hear people say: It will be mine by-and-by, by-And-by; They furnish up a house and home, weekly installments pay, It will be mine by-and-by, by-and-by. Bank president he smiled and stroked his curly black mustache, he said, "A week from Thursday I think I will 'cut a dash'; I will let them have the bank and building, but as for the cash-It will be mine by-And-by, by-and-by. 
Chorus. "It will be mine by-and-by, it will be mine by-and-by; To some quiet spot I will take the whole lot, It will be mine by-And-by." 
A little boy said, as he gazed up at an apple green: "It will he mine by-and-by, by-and-by; I'll climb right up and get it now, I'm sure I'll not be seen; It will be mine by-And-by, by-and-by." he got the apple, then he quickly started down the tree, A farmer stood there, singing, "Come, my love, I wait for thee." In his hand he held a stick: the boy said, "That is meant for me, It will be mine by-and-by, by-and-by. 
Chorus. "It will be mine by-and-by, it will be mine by-and-by; That stick he has got, if I want It or not, It will be mine by-And-by." 
A preacher saw a school-boy with a snow-ball, and he said, "It will be mine by-and-by, by-and-by; He'll let me have it, I feel sure, somewhere about the head, It will be mine by-And-by, by-and-by." This preacher went to Africa, the cannibals to teach; They liked this missionary and stuck to him like a leech. "Now, I choose him, for I saw him first," replied the eldest chief, "He will be mine by-and-by, by-and-by. 
Chorus. "he will be mine by-and-by, he will be mine by-and-by; To-morrow, at two, we'll have missionary stew. He will be mine by-and-by." 
A young man kissed his fiancée good night and murmur'd low, "She will be mine by-and-by, by-and-by; She'll make a loving wife, we will be happy, that I know; She will be mine by-and-by, by-and-by." They married, and her mother said with them she'd make her home; She did, and for a year he dared not call his soul his own, And he said, "If I can only meet her outside once, alone, She will be mine by-And-by, by-and-by. 
Chorus. "She will be mine by-and-by, she will be mine by-and-by; To St. Peter she'll roam and with him make her home, She will be mine by-and-by." 
A dudish young man murmured, as a pretty lady passed, "She will be mine by-and-by, by-and-by." He buttoned up his long frock coat, put on his large eye-glass, "She will be mine by-and-by, by-and-by." "I beg your pardon," he remarked, "will you to supper go " She was to meet her husband, but that dudie did not know; he came up just then, said to his wife. "Dear, home you quickly go, 
he will be mine by-And-by, by-and-by. 
Chorus. "He will be mine by-and-by, he will be mine by-and-by; I soon will have done with this chrysanthemum, He will be mine by-and-by." 
A silk umbrella in the hall, it's pretty and It's sew, It will be mine by-and-by, by-and-by; | I've always longed to have one, and I think that it will do, It will he mine by-and-by, by-And-by. While walking out with William (* my wife), at a milliner's I (she) gazed Almost an hour, at a hat. "Are you coming?" William said (home? I raved), As away from it he (I) dragged me (her), Ah, I (she) turned and sighed And said, "It will be mine by-and-by, by-and-by. 
Chorus. "It will be mine by-and-by, It will be mine by-and-by; 'Twas stylish and nice, eighteen dollars the price; It will be mine by-and-by." 
* When sung by a male, the words in parenthesis must be used.