Returned From Missing In Action

Performed by Jim Eanes
Recorded 1951
Writen by Arthur Q. Smith

One day there came a letter and these words it read:
Missing in action, my darling was dead
I though of mem'ries, of days in the past
When we had finished our dear home at last
I then met another and soon we were wed
For missing in action, my first love was dead
I thought I'd be happy with somebody new
But I'll ne'er forget him and our love so true

While thinking about him, the truth I did face
Although he is dead, none can take his dear place
I looked out the window, my eyes filled with tears
I saw there my first love, I thought dead for years
I ran out to meet him, he told me the sad tale
He had seen my picture with the new bridal veil
He knew I'd be happy if I ever learned
He thought I must never, know he had returned
We then told our husband our love we'd renewed
And tears filled his eyes, for somehow he knew
That I was not happy with him and our home
He then kissed me softly and us alone
A vagabond dreamer, no more will he roam
But he'll find a welcome each time he comes home
For God in His mercy returned him to me
And missing in action no longer he'll be

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