Standard (EADGBE)

 I can't answer her letter,

 For she left me no address.

 You should know my little darling,

 You left my poor heart in distress.

Chorus

 I got a letter from my darling,

 She said she hated to go.

 It broke my heart the words she wrote me,

 She closed by saying I love you so.

This letter meant goodbye forever,

Though we'll have each other's hearts.

Our love will fade away in sadness,

Precious one why do we have to part?

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She wrote the words she knew would hurt me,

She said I never could be true.

I've tried, I'ved tried my little darling,

To prove my love was just for you.