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DEAR SWEETHEART (SAILOR'S PLEA) Sung by: Mrs. Alice Isringhouse Recorded in Holly Grove, AR 6/15/59 Click here to listen to the original recording My heart is filled with pain. If things are true I hear of you, I'll never see you again. They tell me, darling, that tonight You'll wed another man, And if you do--I'll tell you true-- My boat will never land. You promised that you'd wait for me, And nothing would come between, And in my home some day you'd be My wife and loving queen. And I would build a home for you And make a garden there, And plant it, too, with my own hands-- Sweet flowers rich and rare. My future hopes were placed in you; You've been my guiding star. Please write and tell me that you're true To the sailor who waits afar. Just write and tell me you love me yet, And still long to be my wife, And I'll return and we will wed And live a happy life. |
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