G C G Dear Nellie since I left the city, I've found I've changed my mind,C D G I hope you won’t think me untruthful or do me the least unkind.G C G I think we're both mistaken, I know you'll never suit me,C D G I owe my heart to another, of course kind friends will agree.G C G Please send me my ring and pictures, also my letters and books,C D G my clothes, with many kind wishes, respectfully yours Charlie Brooks.( G D G )G C G I heard all about it, dear Charlie, I knew it would end this way,C D G I hope you will always live happy with your loving little wife, Miss Gray.G C G Now here's your ring dear Charlie, don’t give it to her I pray,C D G unless you tell her 'twas once mine, I wore it one year today.G C G One year today, dear Charlie, so happy were we both,C D G you vowed you'd never forsake me, but I find you untrue to your oath.( G D G )G C G Here's your picture dear Charlie, it's almost faded away,C D G because I kissed it so often and this you can tell Miss Gray.G C G As far as your letters dear Charlie, I burned them as they came,C D G I feared by reading them over would cause our love to inflame.G C G I must say goodbye dear Charlie, my letter is near an end,C D G remember I'm always and always forever and ever your friend.
Charlie And Nellie
The Carter Family
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