Jimmie Rodgers – The Soldier Sweetheart (Guitar)

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Onced 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 come 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 come 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's kept true

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And when I read this letter fine

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I pray the war is through

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The second letter I've 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