I fully understood That you'd leave when your ship come by And l fully understood You had a purpose more high Than to give a little schoolboy To give a little schoolboy his first love But oh did I cry And did I cry For I thought that those days Would just fade and die But every cell in my body has it all writ down Every smile and every frown And oh those good-time girls Oh those good-time girls That book ft sometimes makes me glad That book ft sometimes makes me sad But oh - it don't read bad I cursed you to your face When you turned to go But I see now that you did just right And I bow to you low For you gave a little schoolboy You gave a little schoolboy his first love...