(Jimmie Davis)

Come sit by my side little darlin'

Come gaze in my eyes for a time
Promise me that you will never be
Nobody's darlin' but mine.


You're as sweet as the flowers of springtime
You're as pure as the dew from the rose

And I'd rather be somebody's darlin'
Than a poor boy that nobody knows.


Be nobody's darlin' but mine
Love be honest, be faithful, be kind
Promise me that you will never be

Nobody's darlin' but mine.

My mother is dead and in heaven

My daddy is gone there I know
Sister has gone to be with them
Where I'll go nobody knows.


Goodbye, goodbye little darlin'
I'm leaving this old world behind

Promise me that you will never be
Nobody's darlin' but mine.


Be nobody's darlin' but mine
Love be honest, be faithful, be kind
Promise me that you will never be

Nobody's darlin' but mine.

Promise me that you will never be

Nobody's darlin' but mine...