Goodbye dear, I’m leaving you today
Don’t cry dear, just dry those tears away
Duty calls and I must obey
But I’ll always hope and pray
While I’m sailing far across the sea
Will you always think of me
I may be gone for a long, long time
Long, long time, long, long time
But when I go you will know that I’ll always pine
For the day when you’ll be mine
Be true to me for a long, long time
Rain or shine, sweetheart mine
And I’ll be just as true to you
As to the Red, White and Blue
Though I’m gone for a long, long time
Someday dear, when I come back to you
We will build a little home for two
Then we’ll settle down, dear, for life
Far away from care and strife
Cheer up dear, and when I’m far away
Don’t forget to write each day
I may be gone for a long, long time
Long, long time, long, long time
But when I go you will know that I’ll always pine
For the day when you’ll be mine
Be true to me for a long, long time
Rain or shine, sweetheart mine
And I’ll be just as true to you
As to the Red, White and Blue
Though I’m gone for a long, long time
I may be gone for a long, long time
Rain or shine, sweetheart mine
And I’ll be just as true to you
As to the Red, White and Blue
Though I’m gone for a long, long time