My Dearest Dear Lyrics

My dearest dear, the time is near when you and I must part
And no one knows the inner grief of my poor aching heart
To see what I suffer for your sake, you are whom I love most dear.
I wish that I could go with you or you might tarry here
For my old mother is hard to leave my father is on my mind.
But for your sake I'd go with you and leave them all behind
But for your sake I'd go with you, old mother fare thee well
For fair I never will see'em no more while hear on earth we dwell.

I wish my breast was made of glass, where in it I might behold
Your name in secret I would write in letters of fine gold
Your name in secret I would write, oh believe in what I say
For you are the girl I'll love most dear until my dying day
But when you're in some distant land think on your absent friends
And when the wind blows cold and clear, a line or two please send.
But when the wind blows cold and clear, please send it love to me.
So that I konw by your hand-write how things have gone with thee.

My dearest dear, the time is near when you and I must part
And no one knows the inner grief of my poor aching heart
To see what I suffer for your sake, you are whom I love most dear.
I wish that I could go with you or you might tarry here