The Soldier's Sweetheart-Jimmie Rodgers

[ti:The Soldier's Sweetheart (Remaster)] [ar:Jimmie Rodgers] [al:Wonderful Soundtrack] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Soldier's Sweetheart - Jimmie Rodgers [00:01.87]Once I had a sweetheart [00:04.86] [00:07.50]A sweetheart brave and true [00:10.75] [00:13.38]His hair was dark and curly [00:17.11] [00:19.22]His loving eyes were blue [00:22.33] [00:25.15]He told me that he loved me [00:29.02] [00:30.91]And he proved it so [00:34.56] [00:36.65]And he came to see me [00:40.58] [00:42.37]When the evening sun was low [00:45.32] [00:49.57]But fate took him away [00:53.27] [00:55.23]To this awful German war [00:58.41] [01:01.02]And when he came to say goodbye [01:05.05] [01:06.76]My heart did overflow [01:09.55] [01:12.48]He says goodbye little darling [01:16.54] [01:18.39]To France I must go [01:21.67] [01:26.69]He takes the golden finger ring [01:30.48] [01:32.28]And he placed it on my hand [01:35.14] [01:37.75]Said remember me little darling [01:41.72] [01:43.43]When I'm in no man's land [01:46.41] [01:50.55]He promised he would write to me [01:54.71] [01:56.17]That promise he's kept true [01:59.40] [02:01.79]And when I read this letter friend [02:06.06] [02:07.44]I pray the war is through [02:10.17] [02:14.40]The second letter I got from him [02:18.56] [02:19.94]The war was just ahead [02:22.71] [02:26.87]The third one wrote by his captain [02:30.49] [02:32.31]My darling dear was dead [02:35.34] [02:37.99]I'll keep all of his letters [02:41.39] [02:43.58]I'll keep his gold ring too [02:46.45] [02:49.16]And I'll always live a single life [02:53.09] [02:54.75]For the soldier who was so true