Dark Haired True Lover

I once had a dark haired true lover

She was all this world to me

She promised herself to another

Now dont you think this was mean

    Take back every word you have spoken

    Let it be as though we never met

    For tonight I'm a poor boy heartbroken

    I'll forgive but I'll never forget

I was young when I wrote my first letter

I blotted the lines with tears

But now I am old I know better

We parted for many long years

Oh Ruth, Oh Ruth how I love you

You just seem to me like a bird

Although you went back on your promise

Although you went back on your word

We parted in the month of September

Some says we parted for life

But I hope someday or another

I'll call you my sweet darling wife

I wish I had someone to love me

Someone to call me their own

For I'm out in this wide world a wandering

I'm tired of living alone

Recorded 6/18/37 - New York, NY