Dear sweetheart, as I write to you   My heart is filled with pain   For if these things I hear are true   I'll never see you again      They tell me, darlin', that tonight   You'll wed another man   But if you do, I'll tell you true   My boat will never land      You promised that you would wait for me   That nothin' could come between   That in my arms someday you'd be   My wife and lovely queen      I builded you that cozy home   And made a garden there   And planted too with my own hands   Sweet flowers rich and rare      My future hopes are placed in you   You've been my guidin' star   Please write and tell me that you're true   To the sailor who waits afar      Just tell me that you love me yet   Still long to be my wife   I'll return and then we'll wed   And live a happy life