The Soldier's Sweetheart - Jimmie Rodgers

Once I had a sweetheart

A sweetheart brave and true

His hair was dark and curly

His loving eyes were blue

He told me that he loved me

And he often proved it so

And he often came to see me

When the evening sun was low

But fate took him away

To this awful German war

And when he came to say goodbye

My heart did overflow

He says, «Goodbye, little darling

To France I must go»

He takes the golden finger ring

And he placed it on my hand

Said, «Remember me, little darling

When I’m in no man’s land»

He promised he would write to me

That promise he’s kept to

And when I read this letter, friend

I pray the war is through

The second letter I got from him

The war was just ahead

The third one, wrote by his captain

My darling dear was dead

I’ll keep all of his letters

I’ll keep his gold ring, too

And I’ll always live a single life

For the soldier who was so true