A WWI song from 1918
Words by Lew Brown
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Gerd Westendorp:
Lyrics
- I write these lines to tell you
I’m far across the foam
I feel so all alone
When I think of you and home
You know how much I miss you
And how for you I yearn
You ask me if I know when I return
I cannot tell you where we go from here
And this is all that I can write you dear
Chorus:
I may stay away a little longer
A little longer, a little longer
I hope that your love keeps growing stronger
While I’m away from you
So give all my love to dear old Mother
To Dad and Brother and Sister, too
I may stay away a little longer
But I’ll come back to you
- The things I cannot write you
My dear, you’ll have to guess
I’m sending my address
And there’s something more, Oh yes
Please send to me the sweater
You promised you would knit
And try to have it be a perfect fit
I’m sending you a little goodnight kiss
And there’ll be many more to follow this
Sung by Vancha March: