How I miss you
Oh, how I miss you
How I wish that you were here
I am your old forsaken lover
And my heart is sad and drear

I will tell a sad, sad story
I will tell a story so true
About an old forsaken lover
And a heart both sad and blue

It was on one summer evening
It was on an evening so clear
You sailed across that lonesome ocean
Yes, you sailed, you left me here

Now I miss you 
Oh, how I miss you
How I wish that you were here
I am your old forsaken lover
And my heart is sad and drear

My life is like some stormy cloud bank
Where the sun don't never shine through
My eyes ain't been dry, been dry for on minute
Since those warships sailed off with you

Now I miss you 
Oh, how I miss you
How I wish that you were here
I am your old forsaken lover
And my heart is sad and drear

Down where the mingle-wood lies sleeping
Down where the rippling waters glide
I fall down by my bud and roses
Pray you'll come, take me for your bride

How I miss you 
Oh, how I miss you
How I wish that you were here
I am your old forsaken lover
And my heart is sad and drear