I was young when I wrote my first letter
I blotted your name with my tears
But now that I'm old and know better
We've parted for many long years
Oh take from my heart this sweet token
Let it be as we never had met
For tonight your buddy's heart-broken
I'll forgive, but I'll never forget
We parted in the month of Octover
Some think we parted for live
But I hope some day or another
You'll be my dear little wife
* Refrain
Oh, honey I wish I'd-a never met you
Nor never heard tell of your name
For I wouldn't have suffered such trouble
Nor would I have borne such great pain
* Refrain