Learn English – ” Give somebody something”. Is , “Give to somebody something”, possible

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After listening to the song "Summer Wine", I noticed that it says:
Strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring
My summer wine is really made from all these things
Take off your silver spurs and help me pass the time
And I will give to you summer wine
Ohh, summer wine

I know that songs are full of these kinds of mistakes, and that the correct structure is "give somebody something", but just to be on the safe side, does this structure exist?

Best Answer

Songs sometimes hearken back to older ballads, and so we encounter in songs syntax that is a little archaic, different than we would use in contemporary conversation. These are not "grammatical errors" but stylistic features.

Compare the timeline here, for example:

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