Goodbye dear I'm leaving you today Don't cry dear, just dry those tears away Duty calls and I must obey But I'll always hope and pray While I'm sailing for across the sea Will you always think of me? I may be gone for a long, long time Long, long time, long, long time But when I go you will know That I always pine For the day when you will be mine Be true to me for a long long time Rain or shine, sweetheart mine And I'll be just as true to you As to the Red, White and Blue Though I'm gone for a long long time Some day dear when I come back to you We will build a little home for two Then we'll settle down, dear, for life Far away from care and strife Cheer up, dear, and when I'm far away Don't forget to write each day I may be gone for a long, long time Long, long time, long, long time But when I go you will know That I always pine For the day when you will be mine Be true to me for a long long time Rain or shine, sweetheart mine And I'll be just as true to you As to the Red, White and Blue Though I'm gone for a long long time