Hitchy-koo I may be gone for a long, long time;I may be gone for a long, long time / words by Lew Brown music by Albert Von Tilzer

VERSE 01: Goodbye dear,/I’m leaving you today/Don’t cry dear,/Just dry those tears away/Duty calls and I must obey, but I’ll always hope and pray/While I’m sailing far across the sea, will you always think of me?
CHORUS: I may be gone for a long, long time long, long time/long, long time,/But when I go you will know that I’ll always pine for the day when you’ll be mine/Be true to me for a long, long time, rain or shine, sweetheart mine, and I’ll be just as true to you, as to the Red, White and Blue, though I’m gone for a long, long time.
VERSE 02: Someday dear,/When I come back to you/We will build a little home for two/Then we’ll settle down, dear, for life far away from care and strife/Cheer up dear, and when I’m far away, don’t forget to write each day.