Her hair was yellow, her eyes were blue
Her heart was golden, her love was true
I promised high hope and broke her heart in two
Farewell sweet yellow hair and eyes of blue

Well I got me a job in a freight yard
But I felt like a fool among kings
I worked so hard and I wanted so bad
To buy her a lot of pretty little things
A lot of pretty things

Her hair was yellow, her eyes were blue
Her heart was golden, her love was true
I promised high hope and broke her heart in two
Farewell sweet yellow hair and eyes of blue

Late at night when the foreman was sleeping
And I saw the money box over there
My hand reached out and I filled my pocket quick
To buy her a lot of pretties for her hair
Some pretties she could wear

Her hair was yellow, her eyes were blue
Her heart was golden, her love was true
I promised high hope and broke her heart in two
Farewell sweet yellow hair and eyes of blue

Well they caught me at twenty past midnight
And the handcuffed me there on the sight
Now it's cold and dark and all I can see
Are the tears, the tears my liitle dove cried
The tears my darling cried

Her hair was yellow, her eyes were blue
Her heart was golden, her love was true
I promised high hope and broke her heart in two
Farewell sweet yellow hair and eyes of blue