I left my girl to serve my country
She promised that he would be true
But when I came from o'er the ocean
I found that she had proved untrue
I'm just a poor forgotten soldier
Who fought there on the sandy range
For liberty for love and freedom
For one who said she would not change
There's been a change what an awful change
There's been a change since I've been gone
Someone has took my precious darlin'
And left me in this world to roam
In my home town I'm now a stranger
Each face I see it seems so strange
For liberty for love and freedom
For one who said she would not change
When I pass by that quaint old cottage
And by the brook it seems so strange
My heart keeps crying over and over
There's been a change there's been a change
* Refrain