Here's a poem that I've known since grade school. I never knew who originally wrote it and I've seen several versions of it in the internet.
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I do believe that the Lord above
created you for me to love
He picked you up from all the rest
because he knows I love you best
I have a heart and it is true
But it has gone from me to you
So take good care of it just like I do
for I have none and you have two
If I go to heaven and you're not there
I'll wait for you by the golden gates
If you're not there by judgment day
I'll know you went the other way
So I'll return my angel wings
my golden harp and my everything
To prove to you my love is true
I'll go to hell just to be with you
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Love is where is you find it.
to my knowledge that was written by joyce metcalf, it was printed in the th dubuque, iowa back in the 1950's
ReplyDeleteMy dad typed this while on Okinawa in WWII. He copied it from another source. I’m sure it was created during or before WWII.
DeleteI do beleive the lord above created you for me to love, he picked you out from all the rest, because he knew I'd love you best. I had a heart and it was true, but now its gone from me to you, take care of it as i have done, for you have two and I have none. If I should die befor you do I'll go to heaven and waite for you, if your not there by judgement day i'll know you went the other way. I'll give up my golden harp and angel wings to come down there to be with you, because I LOVE YOU. This is the way I remember this poem
ReplyDeleteThanks for this! I think we all remember it a little differently.:)
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DeleteIt's exactly how I remember this. An uncle from Manila used to recite this when he came visiting us in that far-flung island down south (Phil) where I grew up.
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DeleteGod in heaven up above Created you for me to love He picked you out from all the rest Because he knew I love you best I once had a heart So brave so true But now is gone From me to you Take care of it As I have done For you have to And I have none If I get to heaven And you're not there I'll save your room On the golden chair And then all the angels will know and see Exactly What you meant to me And if you're not there by Judgment Day I'll know you went the other way. So I'll give the angels Back their wings Golden Halo's and special things. Then I'll ask God to let me go I'll turn my back and lose my soul. And just to prove my love is true I'll go to he'll just for you
DeleteYou're all wrong this is the way it was really done
DeleteDid you know that God above made you just for me to love he picked you out of all the rest because he knew that I would love you best I had a heart which was true but now it has gone from me to you take care of it as I have done for you now have two and I have none if I'm in heaven before you are I will carve your name into every Star so all of the Angels their will see what my darling you mean to me if you're not there by judgement day I'll know you have gone the other way I'll give the Angels back their wings golden hair and all those things just to show you what I would do I would even go to hell with you.
And that's how I wrote this poem in the mid-seventies....
So not true. I am 56, and in 1968 my sister's fiancé wrote this down on a card and gave it to my sister, he openly admitted he was not the Author, but that whom ever wrote it had captured how he felt for Linda. It was so beautiful, that even at 8 years of age, I have never forgotten it. Perhaps people that think they wrote it, simply remember it from there youth and simply started writing and their subconscious brought it to mind. It was 1968 when Mark Smith gave this to my now deceased sister, Linda Kidwell in Tampa, Florida.
DeleteThis was written by a school kid in Denver in the mid 70s
ReplyDeleteNo it wasn't
DeleteThis was written by Denis Franks in Denver In the 1970s
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in college (that was almost 2 decades ago), I memorized the poem by heart so that until now I still have bits and pieces of the poem in mind. Whenever I remember few words from the poem, I write them down until I come up with 4 complete stanzas. I believe there were 5 stanzas as I recall a line or 2 from the third stanza. It goes like "if my body rest on soil, remember dear I love you more". If anyone of you happened to know or recall that stanza, please post. It will be appreciated.Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteHi Nenita! I hope somebody does post that part. That line you wrote does sound like it could belong in the poem, but it isn't familiar to me. I'll try googling it as well, maybe we can find other versions.:) Thanks for visiting!
Deletewhen waves of water rest on the shore and im the first to rest on soil remember my sweet i love you more
Deletethis is for anonymous referring to this poem being written in the 70s. the original poem was written in the 40s and maybe even earlier. but this poem has been around for decades and has changed through the years as people have added or changed verses each time its written or recited. and i too remember something about the soil verse but im just so happy to find a more complete version as i remembered it from my elementary years
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS THE WAY I REMEMBER IT:
ReplyDeleteI DO BELIEVE IN THE LORD ABOVE WHO CREATED YOU FOR ME TO LOVE
HE PICKED YOU OUT FROM ALL THE REST BECAUSE HE KNEW I LOVED YOU BEST
I ONCE HAD A HEART AND IT WAS TRUE BUT NOW IT'S GONE FROM ME TO YOU
SO TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT AS I HAVE DONE FOR NOW YOU HAVE TWO AND I HAVE NONE
IF I GO TO HEAVEN AND YOU ARE NOT THERE I WILL PRINT YOUR NAME ON THE GOLDEN STAIR
IF YOUR NOT THERE ON JUDGEMENT DAY I'LL KNOW YOU WENT THE OTHER WAY
I'LL GIVE THE ANGELS BACK THEIR WINGS, GOLDEN HARPS, AND ALL THOSE THINGS AND JUST TO PROVE I LOVE YOU TRUE
I'LL GO TO HELL JUST TO BE WITH YOU
Never knew for sure who the author was, but my daddy gave my mother a handwritten copy of this when they were dating in the late 1940s. I still have the original copy.
ReplyDeleteThis was the version Daddy had in the 1940s...... I do believe that God above created you for me to love
ReplyDeleteHe picked you out from all the rest because he knew I'd love you best.
I once had a heart of mine it's true but now it's gone from me to you.
Take care of it as I have done for you have two and I have none.
If I go to Heaven and you're not there I'll paint your name on the golden stairs
So all the angels can know and see just what you really mean to me.
But if you're not there by judgement day I'll know you've gone the other way
So I'll give the Angels back their wings, golden harps, and everything
And just to prove my love is true...I'll go to Hell dear..just for you.
The way I remember the poem was:
ReplyDeleteBetween heaven and hell I do believe that God created you for me.
He picked you out from all the rest, because he knew I'd love you best
I once had a heart of mine it's true, but now it's gone from me to you.
Take care of it as I have done, for you have two and I have none.
If I shall die and go up there, I'll wait for you on the golden stair.
If your not there by judgement day, I'll know you went the other way.
I'll give the angels banck their wings, long white robes and everything.
Just too prove my love is true, I'd go to hell to be with you.
It was written by anonymous also known as the original Shakespeare (not that stage actor who act like a real writer)..... It goes like this...
ReplyDeleteI do believed the lord above created you for me to love, he pick you up from all the rest because he knows i love you best!
I have a heart and that is yours, so take care for it. Keep it warm and pumper it, for i have none and yours are two.
If i die ill go to heaven,ill wait for you on a golden stairs.
Judgement day comes but your not there, i know you went to other way.
Immediately ill return my wings and golden lamb, to follow you wherever you go.
Ill be with you in hell, wheres my TRUE LOVE is.... Ill always be with you even in eternity...
I wrote a poem like this when I was a young girl in around 1970 it is uncanny only slight variations, it went.
ReplyDeleteI do believe that God above created you for me to love
He picked you out from all the rest
Because he knows I loved you best
I once had a heart of my own
But now it's gone from me to you
Take care of it has I had done
Cos you have two
And I have none.
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take.
If I get to heaven and your not there
I'll wait beside the golden stair
If your not there by judgment day
I'll know you've gone another way
And just to prove my love is true
I'll go through hell to be with you
I'll give the angels back their wings
Golden halo and harp that sings.
I must have heard someone quoting the original when I was just a toddler or something because I really thought that I'd wrote that poem. Strange, very strange.
Kim im saying 'wow' 'omg' I remember this word for word, I also back in 1970's wrote the Exact version as you done and gave it to my first boyfriend lol. I loved this poem
DeleteI obviously must've heard/read it somewhere to awsome
My cousin wrote this poem on the back of my mother's picture she wrote it as I do believe that God above created you for me to love he picked out of all the rest because he knew I'd love you best if go to heaven and your not there I'll paint your face a golden stair so all the angels in heaven will know why it is I love you so if your not there on judgement day I'll know you've gone the other way I'll give the angels back their wings golden harps and other things and just to prove my love for you I'll go to hell to be with you your heart is like a lump of gold hard to get hard to hold
ReplyDeletei had once gave the same lines to my wife now hahah still cant even thank to the real author of it
ReplyDeleteWas written by a soldier to my sister in the early 1950s. At the Royal Engineers Barack's Chatham
ReplyDeleteIt's a song, "A Lover's Prayer." Many versions.
ReplyDeleteHow strange we all have different versions. I have one too... a shortened one:
ReplyDeleteI do believe the Lord above
Created you for me to love
He picked you out from all the rest
Because he knew I loved you best
And when I die and go up there
I'll paint your name on a golden stair
So all the angels they can see
What you, my darling, meant to me.
These versions don't make sense... why would God create someone especially for me that would lead me to hell? I read this poem in French class in the 1960s... author: anonymous. You are quoting a secular (albeit popular) translation. Here's how the original French should be translated:
ReplyDeleteDid you know that God above created you for me to love? He picked you out from all the rest because he knew I'd love you best.
I had a heart and it was true but now it's gone from me to you. Take care of it, darling, as I have done. For you have two and I have none.
If I should go to heaven and you're not there, I'll paint your name on every star.
To let the angels know and see what my darling means to me.
And if you're not there by judgement day, then I'll know you went the other way.
And just to show you what I'd do, I'd storm the gates of hell to rescue you.
I never used this as a pick up line while dating but told this to my fiance when I was sure that I had met that special someone. We've been married 45 years and have raised eight children.