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*intro same as verse same as chorus 1/3 time (like a waltz) Fx4 Cx2 Fx2 Bx2 Fx2 Cx2 Fx2 I [F]once had a dark haired true lover She was [C] all this world to [F] me She [B] promised herself to [F]another Now [C] don't you think this was [F] mean Take [F] back every word you have spoken Let it [C] be as though we never [F] met For [B] tonight I'm a poor boy heart-[F]-broken I'll for-[C]-give but I'll never for-[F]-get I was young when I wrote my first letter I blotted the lines with tears But now I am old, I know better We've parted for many long years chorus Oh, Ruth, Oh, Ruth, how I love you You just seemed to me like a bird Although you went back on your promise Although you went back on your word chorus We parted in the month of September Some says we parted for life But I hope some day or another I'll call you my sweet darling wife chorus I wish I had someone to love me Someone to call me their own For I'm out in this wide world a-wandering I'm tired of living alone