As you read this letter that I write to you Sweetheart I hope you understand That you're the only love I knew Please forgive me if you can Sweetheart I beg you to come home tonight I'm so blue and all alone I promise that I'll treat you right Love, oh love oh please come home That old wind is cold and slowly creeping 'round And the fire is burning low The snow has covered up the ground Your baby's hungry sick and cold