Dear John dear John
Oh how I hate to write
Dear John dear John
I must let you know tonight
That my love for you has gone
There's no reason to go on
For tonight I wed another
Dear John
I was overseas in battle
When the post man came to me
And he handed me a letter
Aw I was happy as I could be
You see the fighting was
All over
And the battles
They'd all been won
Then I I opened up the letter
And it started
Dear John
Dear John dear John
Oh how I hate to write
Dear John dear John
I must let you know tonight
That my love for you has gone
There's no reason to go on
For tonight I wed another
Dear John
Dear John
Will you please send back my picture
Oh how I hate to write
You see
My husband wants it now
John
When I tell you who I'm wedding
You won't care dear any how
That my love for you
Now the ceremony has started
There's no reason
And I'll wed
To go on
Your brother don
For tonight
Please wish us happiness forever
Dear John
Dear John
John