Well I used to have a sweetheart

But now I've got none

Since she's gone and left me

I care not for one

Since she's gone and left me

Contended I'll be

For she loves another

One better than me

Green grow the lilacs

All sparklin' with you

I'm lonely my darling

Since partin' with you

And by the next meeting

I hope to prove true

And change the green lilacs

To the red white and blue

I wrote my love a letter

In rosy red lines

She sent me an answer

All twisted and twine

Saying keep your love letters

And I will keep mine

Write to your sweetheart

And I'll write to mine

Green grow the lilacs

All sparklin' with you

I'm lonely my darling

Since partin' with you

By the next meeting

I hope to prove true

And change the green lilacs

To the red white and blue