Do you think this song has a happy ending or not?

Oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
There's a pain where there once was a heart
It's sleepin, it's a beatin'
Can't ya please tear it out, and preserve it
Right there in that jar?

Oh help me, please mama, I'm sick'ning
It's today that's the day of the plunge
Oh the gal I'm to marry
Is a bow-legged sow
I've been soakin' up drink like a sponge

"Don't ya worry, get dressed," cried my mother
As she plied me with bourbon so sour
Pull your socks up, put your suit on
Comb your long hair down,
For you will be wed in the hour

I was tremblin', as I put on my jacket
It had creases as sharp as a knife
I put the ring in my pocket
But there was a note
And my heart it jumped into my mouth

It read, "Darlin', I'm sorry to hurt you.
But I have no courage to speak to your face.
But I'm down in Virginia with your cousin Lou
There' be no wedding today."

So help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
You can put back my heart in its hole
Oh mama, I'm cryin'
Tears of relief
And my pulse is now under control

She skipped to her Lou.

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It's all perspective. I would say it's a sad ending because he left his fiance on the day of their wedding for her cousin. But you could say that he avoided making a mistake which would be a good thing.

No, but the answer lies in the eye of the beholder

I used to sing that song on Granville St. in Vancouver in the 80's. Busking was a great ride.

Sounds like a bitter-sweet victory to me.

I think Louis will need a flack jacket...

Some sorrow, but definitely a happy ending because better to find out she was not true now rather than later. I am sensing a theme here.

hmm..interesting...

I'm so confused. I think I need a scorecard.