It's been many years since we were childhood sweethearts
Blissful days that I never can forget
And you know I still love you little darling
Though the years bring me only regret.

Refrain:
Oh! I love you my darling, how I love you
If I talk, will you try to understand
It's no matter how you treat me, I love you
And I still write your name in the sand.

Through the long, lonely years I have loved you
And I've waited, but only in vain
Now I know I've lost you my darling
But I still sing the same old refrain.

Refrain:

Now I know that your heart is for another
And it grieves me more than I can stand
Though I've lost the only one that I care for
I will still write your name in the sand.

Oh! I love you my darling, how I love you
If I talk, will you try to understand
It's no matter how you treat me, I love you
And I'll still write you name in the sand.