Standard (EADGBE)

Would be better for us both had we never

 In this wide wicked world have ever met

For the pain and the pleasures he's brought me

 I am sure I will never forget

(chorus)

Oh, I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes

 Who is sailing far over the sea

 And I'm thinking tonight of him only

 And I wonder does he ever think of me

(2nd verse)

Oh, you told me once, dear, that you loved me

And you swore that we never would part

But a link in the chain has been broken

Leaving me with a sad broken heart

(repeat chorus)

Additional verse by original Carter Family version:

(3rd verse)

When the cold, cold grave shall enclose me

Will you come there and shed just a tear

And say to the strangers around you

The poor heart you have broken lies here

(repeat chorus)