Forgive Me John

Performed by Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky
Recorded August 20, 1953
Written by Jean Shepard and Billy Barton

Forgive me John but I don't love your brother
I realize now that you're the only one
Write and tell me dear that you'll still have me
If I am blue the awful wrong I've done

I'll try to answer your letter the best that I know how
The way I feel about you honey really doesn't matter now
As you know the boys will be coming home soon
To be with their wives and their ma and pa
I'd like to come home, I'd like to see you as a wife
But not as a sister in law

Forgive me John but I don't love your brother
I realize now that you're the only one
Write and tell me dear that you'll still have me
If I am blue the awful wrong I've done

You're asking me to do somethin' I can't do
It's hard to explain but can't you see my brother loves you
I reckon as much as I do and he married you
And I could never do him like he done me
But I wish you happiness forever
May you make him a true and lovin' wife
There's nothing for me to come home for now
So I'll re-enlist and live my lonely soldier's life

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