All Down Through the Years

The Skylarks were courting up there on the heath
And the cherry tree blossomed whilst we kissed beneath.
The roses were budding all around by your door,
The day that I left you and went to the war.

All down through the days, Dear, wherever I roam,
Will you still love me, when I return home?
Do say that you will, Dear, do please let me know,
For I shall be safe then wherever I go.

The boys they were cheering as we sailed away
And after we landed they sang all the way.
Mile followed mile, but they sang every one,
‘Til the sound of their singing was drowned by the guns.

All down through the weeks, Dear, wherever I roam,
Will you still love me, when I return home?
Do say that you will, Dear, do please let me know,
For I shall be safe then wherever I go.

It seems like forever since we came out here
And every day since then has felt like a year.
There’s nobody left now to sing all those songs,
The boys that I sailed with are, most of them, gone.

All down through the months, Dear, wherever I roam,
Will you still love me, when I return home?
Do say that you will, Dear, do please let me know,
For I shall be safe then, wherever I go.

I can’t stick the nights here, the cold and the fear,
How I wish I was back home and holding you near.
When I’m sleeping I dream that I’m back there once more,
With you for always away from the war.

All down through the years, Dear, wherever I roam,
Will you still love me, when I return home?
Do say that you will, Dear do please let me know,
For I shall be safe then, wherever I go.