Meredith Willson
My White Knight
[MARIAN]
My white knight
Not a Lancelot, nor an angel with wings
Just someone to love me
Who is not ashamed of a few nice things
My white knight
What my heart would say if it only knew how
Please dear, lead us
Show me how
All I want is a plain man
All I want is a modest man
A quiet man, a gentle man
A straightforward and honest man
To sit with me in a cottage somewhere in the state of Iowa
And I would like him to be more interested in me
Than he's in himself and more interested in us than in me
And if occasionally he'd ponder
What makes Shakespeare and Beethoven great
Him I could love 'til I die
Him I could love 'til I die

My white knight
Not a Lancelot, nor an angel with wings
Just someone to love me
Who is not ashamed of a few nice things
My white knight
Let me walk with him
Where the others ride by
Walk and love him
'Til I die
'Til I die