What Will Your Answer Be - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
What Will Your Answer Be? Copyright, 1898, by Howard & Co. Written by Steve Leggett Composed by Albert Perry. 
Two fond young lovers are parting, he has to cross o'er the sea; Maybe they're parting forever, quite broken-hearted is she! He has resolved to seek fortune in a far, far distant land; Listen to what he is saying, as they are clasped band in band: 
Chorus. What will your answer be when I come back again? Will it be "yes" or "no?" Will it mean joy or pain? Tho' I must leave you now, tho' I must cross the sea, Farewell, my sweet-when next we meet, what will your answer be? 
Will you be constant, my darling when I am far. far away? Think of me sometimes, my sweetheart, when at your bedside you pray! Though I must leave you, my loved one. to battle the world's weary strife: When I come back, love, to claim you, and ask you to be my wife- Chorus. 
Good-bye again then, my angel: God keep you constant and true, Tim' many miles are between us, you'll know I'm thinking of you. Farewell, my darling, God bless you! Say you'll be constant to me; When I ask, love, on returning, what will your answer be?- Chorus.