Sweethearts In the Spring

It was on a summer's evening
When all the world was still
Two lovers ramble down the lane
To an old and wooden mill
He was leaving on the morrow
For lands far far away
And as she nestles close to him
She heard him softly say

I'll return my little sweetheart
In the spring
And for us those wedding bells
Will gaily ring
And when all the wrongs are righted
Our hearts will be united
I'll return my little sweetheart
In the spring

On the quay there stands a soldier
In uniform so bright
He's waiting for a big troop ship
To take him to the fight
The bugles they are blowing
And the master pointed high
And as the cable settled down
From below there comes a sigh

I'll return my little sweetheart
In the spring
And for us those wedding bells
Will gaily ring
And when all the wrongs are righted
Our hearts will be united
I'll return my little sweetheart
In the spring

In a cottage by the fireside
Sits a maiden young and fair
And as the tears roll down her cheeks
A letter she has there
And as she read it o'er and o'er
It was more than she could bear
But ere the morning dawned on her
She was gone for all was fair

So they laid her in a graveyard
In the spring
And for her those wedding bells
Will never ring
For among the dead and dying
Her soldier boy was lying
When they laid her in the graveyard
In the spring

I'll return my little sweetheart
In the spring
And for us those wedding bells
Will gaily ring
And when all the wrongs are righted
Our hearts will be united
I'll return my little sweetheart
In the spring