I've travelled together with cold hearted people Far from my home by the beautiful sea I've travelled along through all sorrows and dangers But how could I ever be single again? So talk to me softly before you must leave me Talk to me gently but say what you will I think of you often, glad memories recalling But how could I ever be single again? I've lived all alone beneath cold winter's shadow I've sat near the brook where we used to lay I'll never get over how suddenly you left me But how could I ever be single again? So talk to me tenderly as you are leaving Talk to me gently but say what you must I think of you often glad memories recalling But how could I ever be single again? So talk to me softly before you must leave me Talk to me gently but say what you will I think of you often, glad memories recalling But how could I ever be single again?