Sweethearts In The Spring Lyrics - Foster & Allen

It was on a summer's evening when all the world was still 

Two lovers rambled 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 shall gailey ring 

And when all the wrongs are righted our hearts shall 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 climbed it high 

And as the cable settled down from below there comes a sight 

I'll return my little sweetheart, in the spring 

And for us those wedding bells shall gailey ring 

And when all the wrongs are righted our hearts shall 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, her letter she put there 

And as she read it o'er and o'er, it was more than she could bear 

But ever' morning dawned for her she was gone for all was fair 

So they laid her in the 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 shall gailey ring 

And when all the wrongs are righted our hearts shall be united 

I'll return my little sweetheart in the spring