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[ti:The Soldiers Sweetheart ] |
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[ar:Jimmie Rodgers] |
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[al:Blue Yodels] |
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Once I had a sweetheart |
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A sweetheart brave and true |
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His hair was dark and curly |
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His loving eyes were blue |
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He told me that he loved me |
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And he often proved it so |
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And he often came to see me |
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When the evening sun was low |
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But fate took him away |
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To this awful German war |
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And when he came to say goodbye |
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My heart did overflow |
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He says, "Goodbye, little darling |
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To France I must go |
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He takes the golden finger ring |
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And he placed it on my hand |
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Said, "Remember me, little darling |
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When I'm in no man's land" |
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He promised he would write to me |
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That promise he kept was true |
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And when I read this letter, friend |
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I pray the war is through |
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The second letter I got from him |
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The war was just ahead |
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The third one, wrote by his captain |
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My darling dear was dead |
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I'll keep all of his letters |
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I'll keep his gold ring, too |
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And I'll always live a single life |
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For the soldier who was so true |
