Dear John, oh how I hate to write   Dear John I must let you know tonight   That my love for you has died away like grass upon the lawn   And tonight I wed another, dear John      I was overseas in battle when the postman came to me   He handed me a letter and I was just as happy as I could be   'Cause the fighting was all over and the battles have all been won   But then I opened up the letter and that started dear John      Won't you please send back my picture, my husband wants it now   When I tell you who I'm wedding you won't care dear anyhow   And it hurts me so to tell ye that my love for you has gone   But tonight I wed your brother dear John      And tonight I wed another dear John