The Sailor's Pleas

Dear sweetheart, as I write to you
 My heart is filled with pain
 For if these things I hear are true
 I'll never see you again
 They tell me, darlin', that tonight
 You'll wed another man
 But if you do, I'll tell you true
 My boat will never land
 You promised that you would wait for me
 That nothin' could come between
 That in my arms someday you'd be
 My wife and lovely queen
 I builded you that cozy home
 And made a garden there
 And planted too with my own hands
 Sweet flowers rich and rare
 My future hopes are placed in you
 You've been my guidin' star
 Please write and tell me that you're true
 To the sailor who waits afar
 Just tell me that you love me yet
 Still long to be my wife
 I'll return and then we'll wed
 And live a happy life