The Sailor's Plea lyrics

Dear sweetheart as I write to you my heart is filled with pain For if those things I hear are true, I'll never see you again They tell me darling that tonight you'll wed another man But if you do I'll tell you true my boat will never land You prosmised that you would wait for me that nothing could come between That in my home some day you'd be my wife and lovely queen I built you that cozy home and made a garden there And planted too with my own hands sweet flowers rich and rare My hopes are placed in you, you've been my guiding star Please write and tell me that you're true to the sailor who waits a-far Just tell me that you love me yet still longs to be my wife I'll return and then we'll wed and live a happy life